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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•4 hours 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-square@angrystegolinkEnglish-3•4 hours agoI think for many women “being inseminated by” IS a big thing.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 hour 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.
yikers