Guardian: 'Pregnant man' gives birth to baby girl
The Guardian should be ashamed of itself with its punctuation: that this person was pregnant cannot be doubted, whether they are a man most certainly can be. The headline should read:
Pregnant 'man' gives birth to baby girl
Or, more accurately:
Pregnant transsexual gives birth to baby girl
(No need for disclaimer quotes at all, you see.)
How can you be a legal male if you retain your baby-making equipment - isn't that what makes a female a female? It's also the baby girl bit that bothers me. He sure as hell didn't give birth to a fully-formed teenager. JUST SAY GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER!!! That leads me on to my favourite bit of stupid scifi....when they clone somebody they always come out fully grown...no waiting around for 25 years for the normal foetus/child/adult process, that would ruin the drama.
Yes, and it also conveniently overlooks the fact that organisms have to go through a personal ontogeny before they become adults - and that takes time.
ONTOGENY.........if you've got an 'ontogeny' you're a scientist! (many thanks to Maureen Lipman)
I love the expression 'gave birth to a little girl'. What other type of girls are being given birth? Hopefully they are all little, or there will be lots of pained expressions in maternity units everywhere.
My wife described 'giving birth' as like a man trying to pass a watermelon through the endof his....I'm sure you know what I am trying to say....
Glad you handled this. It was making my head throb. In a dangerous fashion. Better now.
I had heard it described as passing a Volkswagon - and I don't mean overtaking...
I don't know why women whine on about the pain of childbirth. A knee in the nuts...now that is pain!