Remember Thomas Beatie a.k.a “The Pregnant Man” I blogged about only about a week ago, well guess what he’s gone to Oprah (as you do if you were a pregnant man) to show and prove to the world that he really is pregnant. Doing so via the use of ultrasound and also on Oprah for an obligatory interview to put across his and his wife side of the story.
On a side note, from all the pictures I could gather on the net of Thomas Beatie, I thought to myself, Hmmm he really kinda looks masculine, really passes as a guy, could have never been a chick BUT seeing the pic above with Oprah, I’ve changed my mind, he really was a she! I mean check it out, his way tiny compared to Oprah, I’ve never seen a “real” man that small against Oprah before, so he must’ve been a chick.
The show will air on Thursday the 3rd, so get ready to TiVo it if you can. But here’s a video sneak peak of the show, more of an advert really…
UPDATE April 4th, 2008: See the Interview here
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What about just being happy with who you are and how you were born? Except for those who are born with some kind of disease, disfiguration etc… It’s mutilating the body what bothers me. Future Frankenstein’s because of the operations gone wild and wrong. There are sooo many unhappy people because of their images. Sometimes they make it worse. The doctors are the ones having the most fun with all of the cash coming through. The media love these stories. Even the people who do piercing and tattoos etc… Hey, don’t get me wrong, I would like one or two tribal tattoos, I love art. Here’s the thing, how much is too much when you can’t even recognize the person, your son, your own daughter, parents etc… Do we love our selves less each day? I cannot applaud a parent who helps a young child change their sex with hormones and with what ever there is out there. We need to teach our children to love them selves more so, than just helping them change their image. A child can change his/her ideas in any time. At least wait until he/she is an adult.
It’s interesting to hear that Thomas Beatie did not feel that she was a boy trapped in a girls body. It’s interesting to know that she was first interested in the same sex in her twenties. I get confused because some say she’s a lesbian and she calls herself a man, now a “legally” man. This is a crazy and confused world. Just because a person has dark skin and his skin has changed because of a disease like Vitiligo, it does not make them a caucasian. A person should not forget where they came from. I can change a lot of my features but it will never change who I really am since birth. People tend to want to be something else or somebody else except for themselves. Take Jocelyn Wildenstein who has features of a cat. It does not make her cat although people call her cat woman. What made her so unhappy of herself and her looks? What triggered this change… genes? Everything is about genes these days.
People can go about their business, but why go through the media? They are making this issue everybody else’s business. It would have been better for them if they kept it private…. Why? Not for their sake, but for the Childs sake. Although, one would like to educate the children about all of theses issues they have to deal with other people in school, in the family etc… I think they are making there child’s life difficult. No matter what, no matter where you hide the truth always comes out from people you least expect. We have to put ourselves in the child perspective.
What makes a boy a boy and a girl a girl? How do we explain to our children all of these cases? As for myself I try to include it in my multicultural lecture and at least try to have children respect others, their ways, their culture, religions, beliefs, etc… Trying to explain Thomas Beatie’s case to my child, a nine year old boy, has been very difficult because he just can’t figure it out. It does not make him stupid or ignorant. He simply does not understand. He saw it on the news after watching a kids program. Thomas Beatie daughter will not be a different case. She will wonder and ask a lot of questions. No one can assure she will understand.
On the birth of Thomas Beatie little girl; would she prefer the doctors to say: “Congratulations on your child!” instead of “Congratulations on your little baby girl!” The first thing any parent, who’s had a child, always asks: what is it? Is it a boy or a girl? A baby cannot name him/her self. I cannot name my self; I am either a man or a woman. Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual, transgender … My apologies in advance, but I’m afraid of what’s coming next. These are being “accepted” by society a bit. I’m happy in one hand because it will stop most of the abuse and discrimination against them. Then we have zoosexuality or zoophiles, ‘consensual’ incest, ephebophilia, pansexual, polysexual, asexual, pederasty, necrophiliac, pedophilia, nymphomania, satyriasis and so forth. Sooner or later some of these would love to fight for respect, acceptance and there human rights in society. These human behaviors have existed through all our history and in all culture. Is true identity being lost? I guess nobody will ever be “sexually”, “humanly”, “emotionally”, and “spiritually” satisfied. Would we have to accept every change with in time? This makes me think… how far will human rights go? I’m afraid because politicians would accept anything for a few votes even if it means to destroy a whole society, a country, or our world.