Slog - Comments on The “Pregnant Man” http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man Has given birth to a baby girl. Meanwhile, in Indiana, one man is revoking a new father's "man card."... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:32:12 -0800 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:10:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Abby What the fuck is a "Man Card"? I hate people.

]]> Abby http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065388 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065388 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:44:51 -0800 Comment by Non It's too bad that this thing probably wierded out a lot of people who have no frame of reference for who "transgendered" people are

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065391 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:45:31 -0800 Comment by lime joy Kevin Kane is the kinda guy who's so wrapped up in being a "man" and what defines "manhood" that he doesn't even know how to be a human being.

]]> lime joy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065394 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065394 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:47:14 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes This is why I'm not friends with anyone raising a child. That and my hatred of all things tiny, I mean.

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065396 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065396 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:49:33 -0800 Comment by Non And by "thing" I mean the person, not the situation

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065398 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065398 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:50:01 -0800 Comment by lime joy @1: I second that emotion.

]]> lime joy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065400 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065400 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:50:41 -0800 Comment by sad panda #4, ftw.

]]> sad panda http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065402 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065402 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:51:42 -0800 Comment by raisedbywolves Hey, congratulations, mom/dad!

]]> raisedbywolves http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065412 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065412 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:56:57 -0800 Comment by MinivanOwner He offered to stop the article if any childless man is excited about a minivan. I kept yelling at the computer screen, but the article wouldn't stop. I love my van. It hauls drums and drunk friends.

]]> MinivanOwner http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065418 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065418 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:59:58 -0800 Comment by blank12357 I wonder what Kevin Kane keeps in his closet. Definitely a fear of losing his masculinity - his hyper-masculine posturing is hiding something.

]]> blank12357 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065434 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065434 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:11:09 -0800 Comment by printer I've always thought that having a baby was the ultimate proof of non-manhood too!

]]> printer http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065435 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065435 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:12:23 -0800 Comment by Dougsf It's a woman with a dirt-stash that got knocked up. Sorry, total non-story.

Just about every news outlet has been pushing this as some big "OMG it's the crazy future now!" story, even my conservative parents shrugged at it.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065452 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065452 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:25:47 -0800 Comment by laterite Let Kevin Kane's voice ring triumphant, from Beech Grove all the way to White River Twp.!

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065455 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065455 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:27:13 -0800 Comment by Greg The second link is dumb, dumb, dumb. Being a man means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Apparently for this guy, being a man means not having children or a minivan, or doing any of that icky caring-for-offspring crap. Too bad for him.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065457 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065457 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:28:10 -0800 Comment by Gloria I think it's time for Paul Constant to revisit his "what is a man?" article -- minivan edition!

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065463 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065463 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:33:16 -0800 Comment by Todd This is news for Morons. How can anyone think this is a story? The fact that the media is covering this makes us look even more ignorant to the rest of the world.

]]> Todd http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065708 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065708 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:20:05 -0800 Comment by tiffany what i posted to his article:

you are a douche of massive proportions, and your posting privileges should be revoked. i hope you and "your kind" die off ASAP, and i doubt that will be much of a problem, since most women wouldn't want to reproduce with such an ignorant dolt anyways. Inevitably, natural selection will take it's course and ensure your genetic expiration.

you probably live a miserable and unfulfilled life and i hope that brings you loneliness and dissatisfaction for years to come. as you watch your friends progress and evolve into caring and selfless individuals, you will become increasingly isolated with only your stupidity to blame.

enjoy being a thirteen year old pig forever. don't forget, there will always be game consoles and cheap beer to keep you company.

]]> tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065714 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065714 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:24:08 -0800 Comment by ho ho ho greeen giant @17: Uncalled for. Don't you realize that Kevin Kane is destined to live and to die one day in Beech Grove, Ind.? Have a heart and realize that no damage you may wish to inflict likely hurts more than reality, Man Cards or no Man Cards.

]]> ho ho ho greeen giant http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065768 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065768 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:21:58 -0800 Comment by Epimetheus Wonder what the La Leche League thinks of this? would it have killed HER to have the baby before SHE had HER breasts cut off?

Bureau of Intellectual Titans Crushing Hypocrisy

]]> Epimetheus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065805 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:50:10 -0800 Comment by ahava The piece on the "man card" was written by a boy, not a man. Maybe he'll grow up or maybe we'll all catch a break and he won't reproduce. Unfortunately, there probably is a woman out there who will procreate with him -- pity the child.

]]> ahava http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065815 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1065815 Life Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:59:28 -0800 Comment by ams Why all the outrage over a little boy writing a humour piece on how his friends who have kids don't turn out to be the hypermasculine shittards they thought the wanted to be.
boo hiss!

]]> ams http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1066026 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1066026 Life Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:09:57 -0800 Comment by Long live the minivan "...as you watch your friends progress and evolve into caring and selfless individuals"

Excuse me? You actually think that those vapid twits you see lugging babies around are automatically "caring and selfless individuals"? Certainly some of them are, but the majority are just people who either got into that situation by carelessness or because it was expected of them.

Even this supposedly enlightened generation of parents are the same as they ever were - just a lot more self-congratulatory about it.

]]> Long live the minivan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1066032 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1066032 Life Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:45:57 -0800 Comment by ams @22- ooh bitter.

You are wrong to assume that whether a parent is caring or selfless depends on if the child was planned. Parents have to think of and care for someone other than themselves (their kid) a hell of a lot if they want the child to survive.

I am a proud accident. Down with family planning!

]]> ams http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1066037 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1066037 Life Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:14:34 -0800 Comment by Tom @1, Our mission statement is to give every man in the world their Authentic Man Card. If you can't have fun in life why are we here, you know?

]]> Tom http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1066110 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1066110 Life Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:07:02 -0800 Comment by Rob Ya, sorry, I call "bullshit"....typical media hype about nothing. When the law declared she was a man, did it also give her a Y chromosome? I really don't care what label she choses to identify with, but the law cannot change facts. Choping your mammaries or penis off and taking hormones does not change your gender. XX = woman, XY = man, end of story.

]]> Rob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1066647 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/the_pregnant_man#c1066647 Life Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:10:03 -0800