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I think a lot of people would take issue with that/it conflicts with a lot of beliefs.
I don't think the mother-child relationship is the defining difference between man and woman. Albeit, giving birth releases the chemical Oxytocin, and that the mother-to-child relationship may be different than that of a man, ultimately a child will have a different relationship with (both) their parent(s) regardless, be it a man giving birth, a woman giving birth, a gay couple, etc. So I have no problem with men giving birth. The bond between the birther(no clue what the word is haha) and the child is not meant to amount to something that is inherently different from the other parent, it's just natural. So whether man or woman does it should not really matter. I do believe there are men that would like to give birth. And this would just be another instance of crossing gender lines, which I believe should be tolerated more, not something that's eliminated all together.
As for elimination of pregnancy, that brings me back to Huxley's Brave New World. Although in this instance I don't think cloning or artificiality is the mechanism, but it still eliminates something that is a very defining role for women. Obviously I just established myself as a proponent of men giving birth, but the role exists as predominantly female, and I believe some distinction should be kept intact. The only reason I don't think male birthing would eliminate that distinction is that because in this point in time, I would assume a majority of the men would not jump at the opportunity to give birth.
I don't think the mother-child relationship is the defining difference between man and woman. Albeit, giving birth releases the chemical Oxytocin, and that the mother-to-child relationship may be different than that of a man, ultimately a child will have a different relationship with (both) their parent(s) regardless, be it a man giving birth, a woman giving birth, a gay couple, etc. So I have no problem with men giving birth. The bond between the birther(no clue what the word is haha) and the child is not meant to amount to something that is inherently different from the other parent, it's just natural. So whether man or woman does it should not really matter. I do believe there are men that would like to give birth. And this would just be another instance of crossing gender lines, which I believe should be tolerated more, not something that's eliminated all together.
As for elimination of pregnancy, that brings me back to Huxley's Brave New World. Although in this instance I don't think cloning or artificiality is the mechanism, but it still eliminates something that is a very defining role for women. Obviously I just established myself as a proponent of men giving birth, but the role exists as predominantly female, and I believe some distinction should be kept intact. The only reason I don't think male birthing would eliminate that distinction is that because in this point in time, I would assume a majority of the men would not jump at the opportunity to give birth.