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"[T]o bear" means "to give birth" in common parlance. So lesbians can certainly bear children by themselves, but men, the vast majority of which have no wombs,
by araneae 16y ago
"[T]o bear" means "to give birth" in common parlance.
So lesbians can certainly bear children by themselves, but men, the vast majority of which have no wombs, cannot.
Citation: #3 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bear http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bear
And while you may consider yourself witty, I feel I must point out that in the context in which I was using it, "to carry" a child refers to the state of being pregnant with it. Citation: #6 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/carry http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/carry Yet again, something the wombless may have trouble with.
- sqrt17 16y agoLesbians can certainly bear children by themselves, just as any woman could. By that point, it does not matter (for the biological notion of conception) if that woman is lesbian, heterosexual, asexual, or anything else. As opposed to that, the mindset of getting a partner for the sole purpose of having a family, while certainly more often found with those with non-womb reproductive organs, can probably be found with both males and females and in either case is sure to be appalling to the partner (or to other people at large). While I strongly agree with your basic point, I'm not sure I like the way you make that point. In my understanding, both the OP and yourself implicitly talk about the whole parenting affair and not just getting pregnant with a child, at which point the social faculty of being a good parent becomes more relevant compared to biological disposition.