- Shopping Bag ( 0 items )
Available on NOOK devices and apps
Need a NOOK? Explore Now
Need a NOOK? Explore Now
I found that this was a good read.... I find it really interesting that they have stated many times that they did not want any media attention, but reading this book, you kinda wonder.
I think more power to you and good luck. I know that your children will have loving parents....
3 out of 4 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Honest_Cancer
Posted August 25, 2011
Gender is a touchy subject, especially when you deal with those with unclear gender or SRS. The simple fact is that at this point in time no about of hormone replacement therapy or surgery can alter a persons genetic gender. Simply put; looking like, living as, and being referred too as a man does not make one a man, neither does having a penis. A Y chromosome makes an individual a man. As such this is, at it's core, a book about a woman, having a baby, not that special, and certainly not something that deserved the level of media attention this couple has received.
Perhaps the only redeeming feature of the work is the way it exposes the bizarre and often illogical reactions people have to gender, the way it can cultivate rifts and prejudices in people on either side of the aisle. Even that though appears to have been an afterthought and the book can most easily be summed up by the following: "That guy says he's pregnant." There are hundreds of other more enlightening and scholarly works dealing with gender, gender identity, and the social and emotional roles of gender in human life available on this site alone. But if tabloids appeal to you, if your the sort of person who likes to point and laugh at the trans-gendered people you see in your daily life, then perhaps this is the book for you.
0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Anonymous
Posted February 11, 2011
No text was provided for this review.
Anonymous
Posted November 19, 2008
No text was provided for this review.
Anonymous
Posted April 17, 2011
No text was provided for this review.
Anonymous
Posted January 27, 2010
No text was provided for this review.
Anonymous
Posted June 29, 2011
No text was provided for this review.
Anonymous
Posted February 13, 2011
No text was provided for this review.
Overview
Thomas Beatie electrified the world in April 2008 with his announcement that he was seven months pregnant and due to give birth in July. The news made headlines across the globe, but it’s only one chapter in a fascinating saga. Labor of Love reveals Beatie’s unique life experiences: his less-than-idyllic childhood in Hawaii, his feelings of being a young man trapped in the body of a woman, his fight to conceive a child, and the obstacles surrounding the delivery. This astonishing narrative permits an intimate look at a family that refuses to let other people’s definitions of family deter them from creating one on their own terms. Labor of Love is much more than the story of a unique pregnancy and birth — it’s a beautiful