transexuals and the artificial womb?

Question

this is for my english comp 2 paper..i want to know your opinion on the matter

Answer 1

Dear Miss Anna,

Your topic is really interesting. I feel you may have chosen it to entice your own query.

Transgendered are those persons who feel they were born the wrong sex, and usually go through years of therapy to ensure that their thoughts are legitimate rather than being spontaneous. Only when the professional recommending 'gender reassignment' is satisfied these individuals will adapt as the opposite sex, does the paper get signed for the operation.

Perhaps you may want to talk to these individuals directly (the doctors, psychiatrists, support groups) your question about birthing as the opposite sex.

You are more apt to achieve an honest answer and it may just get you an "A" on your paper.

Good luck

bga

Answer 2

Having been on the hormones for 8 1/2 months, i am infertile, so cant have any children to put in the womb. And unless a way to grow my own eggs is discovered (though i think stem cell research has the potential to do this), i am not entirely sure if i would take it up, but im only 20 so i have plenty of time to decide to bear children. If there was a way to have my own children in the womb, then i would jump at the chance, if not, it seems a waste of an operation. I also hear, if it was possible, that the womb might only last the 9 months of which the baby is born, and have to be taken out again, though i think this is a small sacrifice for what would be gained.

Perhaps this could be the key to proving that mtf's are just women like any other women, as bigots i know say im not a woman as i dont have a womb. Also, women who have had to have hysterectamies or born without a womb could benefit. There are definitely more pros than cons with it.

I dont think this is possible yet though, i heard maybe in 5 to 10 years. Or has some breakthrough been achieved?

Perhaps this could mean that men too could have children. Junior springs to mind.

Answer 3

It is interesting the ability we have to reproduce in new ways rather than the old method, however I feel that it is more important for us to focus on methods to reduce or be able to support the population we currently have rather than focus on methods that will increase the population, especially if it will only benefit a small segment of the population.

That being said, I am male to female and the fact that I cannot have biological children does bother me, however I take solace in the fact that I can adopt, plus with all the other operations we typically have to pay for adding another expensive operation to have children would be out of the budget for most of us.

Answer 4

As a mother I have never ever understood the overwhelming desire to reproduce. Children are babies for about half a second and then are free thinking ever growing people who suck you dry if you aren't on your toes. I love mine but am quite realistic about their true purpose in life, and its certainly not to make mine any easier. People don't like to really talk about children in anything other than fairy tale terms, but I feel I am a better mother understanding the true dynamics of parenting. And btw, mine are grad students, very successful, loving, responsible and morally secure young women whom I have a really wonderful relationship with. I just watch my back at all times.

Answer 5

about the artificial womb go to this site it's about male pregnancy (my girlfriend found it) http://www.malepregnancy.com/science/
good luck on your paper.