i was looking at the msn homepage this morning and I remember someone tells our class about this on thursday, and I found a link that tells more about it. Below is the article...
When the news of a five-months-pregnant transgender man hit, searchers wanted to know more about Thomas Beatie. Much more.Is the "pregnant man" a hoax? And if not, how is a pregnant man physically possible? Related topics getting search traction: the effect of testosterone on human eggs, gender identity disorder and growing up transgender.
It's safe to say that most people are shaky on the difference between transgender and transsexual in the first place. (Beatie's isn't the first transman pregnancy, by the way.) Online comments, predictably, range from strong support to comparisons to Victorian freak shows and science-fiction tales.But the story of the pregnant man makes us ponder some weighty questions, such as is Beatie's decision unethical? And it forces us to reconsider our definition of gender and puts a spotlight on the discrimination transgender people experience. (msn.com)
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