Gay Parenting

[PanzerJaeger]

Gotta admit, it certainly makes for open minded children.

Do you believe that mixed-race couples should be given preferential treatment in the adoption process over same race-couples?

You continue to miss the point like a tank with a warped barrel. The point is that a child raised with a mother and father has inherent advantages because the child had a mother and a father.

I knew that there was a word that perfectly described the tact you're taking, but I could not for the life of me remember what it was. Thankfully Ajaxfetish has a greater mastery of the English language than myself.

How and why you see woman as nothing but a life support system for a vagina is ming boggling. Women are different from men, and not just because they have different genetalia. They are in fact different.

I see women as individuals, not a homogeneous one that all think and act the same way. I know some women who conform to certain commonly held gender roles and some who do not. I know some who hold traditionally feminine interests and some who do not. I know some who match the descriptors in the study that Rhyfelwyr kindly provided and some who do not.

What I have not noticed are clear, defined, and uniquely female differences that cannot be replicated by males, especially in regard to raising children. Even Rhyfelwyr's study spoke in generalities, and did not attempt to mount the case that women have innate personality differences that no man could ever have.

But as you've insinuated over and over again, I'm an idiot who doesn't get it. That's why I need your help to spell it out for me.

What specific differences are unique only to women that can only be taken from a woman in a straight relationship by her child?

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And as a child has to deal with both sexes throughout his life, in a thousand different ways, it is obvious, like a ton of bricks falling on your head, that growing up with both sexes will be of benefit to the child.

How, specifically, will it benefit the child? What specific elements of life will it enhance?

If you think there is no difference between a man and a woman other than "parts", then go see Billy-Bob, turn him over, and have a go. Then go see Sally-Sue and do the same. If you can come back here and tell me both experiences gave you the same "emotional satisfaction", then I will agree with you that men and women are indeed equal and that no differences between them exist other than "parts".

I don't understand. You seem to be saying that sexual attraction proves that there is a difference between men and women deeper than "parts". Is that correct, and if so, are you suggesting that sexual attraction is learned from one's parents?

Also, what if I'm bisexual and get the same emotional satisfaction from having sex with both sexes?

Finally, I am not arguing that there is no difference between men and women. In fact, I'm actually taking it further than your rather topical observation - there are differences between every woman and every man. Every individual is different, yet there are no real non-physical differences that are solely female and solely male.

A heterosexual couple impart both a better understanding of the male and female aspects of human life, and in uncountable and ineffable ways, influence the child through the differences a male and female carry within them. A mother and a father offer a fuller and more complete experience to a child exactly when those experiences are most needed and best learned and retained for life.

What are the uniquely male aspects of life that can only be imparted to a child by a man? What are the uniquely female aspects of life that can only be imparted to a child by a woman?

It is easy to speak in generalities, but apparently much more difficult to try and nail down specifics.