Then there are those born with ambiguous genitalia. Doctors pick a gender and assign at will.
Yes I was going to add this ... From what I've read/seen on tv, the doctors pick the gender for which they can most easily create the genitalia with (cosmetic) surgery, no matter what the DNA says. These kids' gender is totally out of their hands; they have no choice since their surgery is done as babies. From the show I saw, I could even imagine doctors could do this without telling the parents the full story.
In addition to infertile people, there are always people who plan not to have children.
They can put this on TV?! Oh damn and blast! These twerps should scarce be allowed to do it, much less not tell the parents. I know they didn't used to. I'd hoped we'd grown out of the dark ages. At least a little further. I'm so glad I came out only mildly abnormal, and it's mostly in my head.
I had hoped to breed, a couple times. But I needed the right partner, and enough income to get us through if I had a hard pregnancy and had to stay still. Didn't happen by my deadline. I just cheer for my friends who are brave enough to have done it and produced offspring that are cool.
Having kids is scary if you think about it enough. You never know what's going to happen or what you're going to get. Glad my mom just did it, though. Different place, different time. ^shrug^
Re: This is so sick
Yes I was going to add this ...
From what I've read/seen on tv, the doctors pick the gender for which they can most easily create the genitalia with (cosmetic) surgery, no matter what the DNA says. These kids' gender is totally out of their hands; they have no choice since their surgery is done as babies. From the show I saw, I could even imagine doctors could do this without telling the parents the full story.
In addition to infertile people, there are always people who plan not to have children.
wow
I had hoped to breed, a couple times. But I needed the right partner, and enough income to get us through if I had a hard pregnancy and had to stay still. Didn't happen by my deadline. I just cheer for my friends who are brave enough to have done it and produced offspring that are cool.
Having kids is scary if you think about it enough. You never know what's going to happen or what you're going to get. Glad my mom just did it, though. Different place, different time. ^shrug^