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'Pregnant Man' doesn't deliver much depth

By Matthew Gilbert
Globe Staff / November 18, 2008

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The idea of a man getting pregnant and giving birth is fabulously provocative. It implies some kind of biological miracle. No wonder America has been a little bit obsessed with Thomas Beatie, the "pregnant man," the guy in the People magazine photos with a hairy belly and a massive baby bump. He represents a challenge to the very basics of ... (Full article: 452 words)

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