tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post4944743131723218110..comments2024-03-20T06:35:39.421-07:00Comments on hidden experience: mystical pregnancies, tropes and womenMike Clelland!http://www.blogger.com/profile/11369575898695154728noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7455216065351371692.post-19946446944723127542012-12-27T13:32:03.944-08:002012-12-27T13:32:03.944-08:00~ Lucretia here (hopefully my blogger sign in work...~ Lucretia here (hopefully my blogger sign in works this time?)<br /><br />I'm glad you posted this! The cultural-feminist angle should be considered quite aside from the "is it real/is it not real?" debate. And I agree that just having super fast mystical pregnancies for the purpose of a single episode is LAME.<br /><br />However, there's a part of me that can't blame male plot writers for considering such an angle. Because women can get pregnant, the possibility exists for them TO get pregnant-- maybe even unconventionally. <br /><br />(Although I must say, I love the Sim 2 and Sims 3 take on this. The video games have alien abductions, but only MALE sims can get pregnant with alien babies! Watching a big, burly man sim waddling down the street rubbing his belly is all kinds of hilarious! When they give birth later to a black-eyed and green-skinned (Sims 2) or gray-skinned (Sims 3) baby, the expressions of shock on their animated faces is priceless!)Lucretia Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06038287234542460969noreply@blogger.com