Media Views

It is still socially acceptable to ridicule, insult, deride and speak epithets about anyone who doesn’t fit strict "male" and "female" gender stereotypes.... Case in point is the ongoing coverage of Thomas Beatie, who sprang into headlines as the "pregnant man."... Fox News predictably leads the charge, with one commentator (Greg Gutfeld) saying "Twenty years ago, this person would have been traveling in a carnival.... People would be paying a dollar." To this, Tracy Byrnes added, "I hope when he pushes that baby out, it is the worst experience of his life"... and a third panelist stated that "This little ewok that she’s about to crap out might even have a third eye." Bill O'Reilly was one of the most vexatious, repeatedly muttering "You imagine a poor kid getting born into that family." (...Geez, this kid will be born into a family that went to an extreme because they really wanted to have her.... Oh man!)