How does the pregnant man challenge the views on gender?

Question

Do you think it's positive or negative?

Do you think the media is overblowing the whole thing?

For those unfamiliar with the story: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3628860.ece

Answer 1

Of course it challenges the views... that a lot of people don't want challenged. Women bear children. I think maybe society is getting a little carried away with  "accepting differences". I'm all for people doing what they want to do, but this situation is unnatural. And I don't see how taking male hormones classifies this person as a man.. honestly, I think it's positive to make people ponder and search themselves for the "right" answer to this question.. even if their conclusion is a negative feeling.

Answer 2

I think it's awesome. It changes the whole perception of gender that we have had for thousands of years. It's very interesting.

And as for the media overblowing the whole thing..maybe just slightly.

Answer 3

I wouldn't really call "him" a man.

As far as I'm concerned, that person has female reproductive organs, so that just makes that person a female with much higher than normal testosterone.

Answer 4

The man is really a lady dressed up as a man.  I wish people would stop calling her a pregnant man - it's stupid.

Answer 5

I agree with Mark. She was born a woman and took hormones to make her a "man". So a woman that freakishly distorted herself into a man is having a baby. Big Deal!!! If she was BORN a man and then somehow had a baby it would be amazing. This person is just a freak-plain and simple. Leave the childbearing for the real women.