when you hear people refer to a fetus as a "parasite"?
2006-10-28 17:55:53 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Disbelief, Shock, Disgusted amazement...
For all of our technology and so-called advancement we still are rather barbaric.
We can put men and women in space or on the moon and put probes on Mars and also take pictures of Saturn, but we still are not advanced enough to recognize a human baby as human....
Sad and backwards world isn't it?
2006-10-28 17:57:50 · answer #1 · answered by Adyghe Ha'Yapheh-Phiyah 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are the first person I've heard mention the term parasite to describe a fetus -
It would depend on how you define parasite - to which Webster's refers to a fitting definition of parasitism: an intimate association between organisms of two or more kinds; especially : one in which a parasite obtains benefits from a host which it usually injured.
Undeniably some injury is sustained at certain times by the smother - bleeding, stretching, pain, but the definition seems to fully encompass exactly what is occurring.
I think the difficulty is peoples mental definition of a parasite, no the term itself.
Yes, fetus = parasite :)
2006-10-29 01:07:20 · answer #2 · answered by Living is easy with eyes closed 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I find it an interesting comparison.
A parasite is a live organism that lives on or in another "host" organism, from which it obtains nourishment. This is undoubtedly precisely what the fetus of most mammals (and some other kinds of animals) does within the womb of its mother (or father in some cases).
However, a parasite is always hosted by an organism of a different species, and a fetus is ALMOST always developed within a parent - which is always of the same species. The only exception would be some insects and arachnids that lay their eggs inside the carcass of their prey.
Or perhaps they're just trying to be an @$$.
2006-10-29 01:14:30 · answer #3 · answered by Lady of the Pink 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard anyone refer to a fetus as a parasite.
2006-10-29 01:00:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I generally don't make too much of it. The fetus attaches to the mother, takes nutrients, and deposits wastes just like a parasite would. Having said that, most people I know state it only jokingingly or sarcastically.
2006-10-29 01:22:03 · answer #5 · answered by J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
parasite (n.) An organism that grows, feeds, and is sheltered on or in a different organism while contributing nothing to the survival of its host
typical people trying to be pc and are uninformed and too lazy to research. The word parasite isnt a negative connotation, its a description
2006-10-29 01:17:05 · answer #6 · answered by CaptainObvious 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't really heard that. But I wonder why their mother didn't take some kind of medication when she was pregnant so she could rid herself of that parasite. Some people should never have been allowed in the gene pool. That would be the only good reason I can think of to approve abortion.
2006-10-29 01:00:22 · answer #7 · answered by papricka w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's odd thinking, all human started from being a fetus.
2006-10-29 01:03:34 · answer #8 · answered by dodadz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is depressing to hear, just as when they refer to the fetus as a baby or a child.
It's incorrect in both directions
2006-10-29 00:58:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
wow, that's excessivly harsh.
Unfortunately, it's true, right?
A fetus gets all it's nutrients from the mother, who is hurt in return. The mother loses nutrients and becomes less mobile.
2006-10-29 01:59:21 · answer #10 · answered by The Riddler 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋