OK, so unless you've been under a rock for the past few days, you've heard of this "man" who is pregnant. She appeared on the Oprah show this week...surprise, surprise. While on the show, she called what has happened to her a miracle.
I take issue with this. This "man" is really a woman, simple and plain. While I agree fully with the overall opinion that the beginning of a new life is a miraculous event, I cannot see a woman getting pregnant, even after she has had much of her femininity removed surgically, as an event any more miraculous than any woman getting pregnant.
The message seems to be - "My gender is what I say/feel it to be, and my gender is no related to my ability to reproduce." Unfortunately, this is completely backward. Obviously, since no real men have ever actually become pregnant, this is not so. The ability to carry a child and bring it into the world is a purely female ability. Thus, if this "man" has that ability, "he" is really a she and her gender is intimately tied to what has happened to her.
The truth is, this sort of mixed-up mindset about sexuality and gender is sad, in the individual case, and horrific, in the general/culture-wide sense. Our culture has become completely crazy! It has for some time claimed that it is OK (within your rights and unquestionably ethical) to have sex with whomever you wish. Now, we see a further shift to the point where you even get to define your own sexuality (your being!) however you want. This is absurd, and it reaches beyond sexuality, as well. You can define your own heritage, race, religion, history... It is as if many people have simply chosen that there can be nothing "real." Everything is "plastic," changeable and even banish-able from who we are.
No wonder we cannot keep out commitments, to spouses, to debtors, to national and international efforts. No wonder our children are increasingly unaware of where they really come from. No wonder our "leaders" increasingly appeal solely to our appetites, which is the part of ourselves that so often rules over the rest. No wonder, even in our churches, young and old alike cannot tell you what they believe and why.
How is this even a news item at all?
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I appreciate that you called this person a "she." I would not have done that, out of respect for a person's wishes, but when a person's wishes are clearly wrong, I shouldn't give the impression that I think they're right.
America is weird, and I worry sometimes about its future. I've been reading about the decadence and moral decline (pure depravity) of Rome, and it's scary to see the similarities. Are we headed towards Rome's fate?
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