Sex Education 101: Gender

I know this is an old story, but I neglected coverage of it a few weeks ago. This one really drives me crazy. By now, I'm sure you have heard the story about the "man" who delivered a baby. Don't know what I am talking about? If not, crawl out of your hole and read this article.

Before you continue reading, close your eyes and think back to the first day of sex ed. Repeat this phrase a few times in your head: Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina. Apologies for the vulgarity, but that is a very important element to this story.

From the minute I heard about this, I have been irate over the media's fascination with the story. If I recall correctly, it goes something like this:

• Beautiful woman wants to be a man.
• Beautiful woman has breasts removed.
• Beautiful woman cuts her hair short and calls herself a man.
• No-longer-beautiful woman gets pregnant.
• No-longer-beautiful-woman-dressing-as-a-man declares herself the first man to be pregnant.
• Media bites.
• Media reports the first ever case of a male pregnancy.
• Woman has baby.

If you are following along, the woman got a haircut and a breast removal. For all of you that passed 5th grade sex education courses, you will note that there is still one very prominent feature that is stopping this woman from actually being a man. She has a VAGINA! The woman still has all of her female reproductive organs. Should we be shocked that she has the ability to get pregnant?

If a drag queen shows up at a hospital for the delivery of his baby, puffs on a cigar claiming "It's a boy!", does the media come running to celebrate the first female-female pregnancy? Does every major news magazine feature half-naked pictures of the drag queen showing how beautiful he can make himself look as a woman? Does it matter that he still has male genitalia?

This woman makes me want to throw up a meal of macaroni and cheese mixed with ramen noodles, eat my own vomit, and wash it all down with a glass of baking soda and vinegar just to see if I can do it all again.

Don't get me wrong...I am not the least bit bothered by her wantonness to be a man, her connection to masculinity, or her desire to eventually complete the sex change process. HOWEVA, it does rub me the wrong way that she wants, loves, and seemingly needs the attention for her and her baby. At this point in time, you are a woman!

Ok, ok, ok. I really do not mean to offend any of my loyal readers. I hope you accept my rant whether you love it, hate it, or just don't care. As of right now, I will no longer spend one second of my life thinking about this story. Done. O-V-E-R finished.