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Re:Lies We Tell Kids by llimllib on Tuesday May 13, 2008 @12:13PM (#188708)
negative, ghostrider. Suggesting that a male obgyn may have a different and valuable perspective from a female obgyn is not the same as suggesting that all OBGYNs should be men.

To be explicit, I don't claim that all articles about parenthood should be written by non-parents, just that there's a particular type of value in ones that are, since they may more successfully divorce themselves from the visceral feelings of attachment that parents have towards their children.

Re:Lies We Tell Kids by sanj on Tuesday May 13, 2008 @12:27PM (#188730)
You're right.

So the question then becomes:

"Does a male obgyn may have a different and valuable perspective from a female obgyn?"

Re:Lies We Tell Kids by Xichekolas on Tuesday May 13, 2008 @01:38PM (#188816)
How subjective is gynecology? How much room is there for 'perspective'?

I think the metaphor has been taken too far to be useful here.