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minus-squareV0ldek@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months ago It’s kind of weird anyway to have a child with someone random, isn’t it? In my mind “being inseminated by” is like 1% of “having a child with”, if that. It’s probably the least consequential thing your father may do in your overall upbringing.
minus-squareangrystego@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoI think for many women “being inseminated by” IS a big thing.
minus-squareblakestacey@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoOK, you could in principle have made that sound worse, for example by saying “females” like a goddamn Ferengi, but still, pretty impressive.
In my mind “being inseminated by” is like 1% of “having a child with”, if that. It’s probably the least consequential thing your father may do in your overall upbringing.
I think for many women “being inseminated by” IS a big thing.
OK, you could in principle have made that sound worse, for example by saying “females” like a goddamn Ferengi, but still, pretty impressive.