ATLANTA, GA – A "pregnant man" emoji and "pregnant person" emoji are coming to Apple iPhones with its latest update, iOS 15.4 and not surprisingly, is sparking lots of controversy.
The pregnant emoji aren't new for some, since they arrived as part of an update that emoji-encyclopedia Emojipedia announced in September 2021. However, Apple's version of the emoji were released Thursday as part of iOS 15.4 beta — a voluntary system update iPhone users can choose to install.
The update will come to all iPhone users later this year.
Pregnant Man Emoji (Contributed/Emojipedia)
Not surprisingly, the push to include everyone in pregnancy has erupted in controversy, with some arguing that the effort to make the biologically specific phenomenon all-inclusive erases factors that make women distinctive from men and even dehumanizes women.
Fox News is reporting Emojipedia faced some criticism when it first announced the pregnant man and pregnant person emoji in September of last year. The company said in a blog post that the new figures "may be used for representation by trans men, non-binary people, or women with short hair—though, of course, use of these emoji is not limited to these groups."
According to Healthline.com, people who were born biologically female but identify as men are transgender men who can give birth because they have the reproductive organs necessary to do so The same goes for those who identify as non-binary.
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There are only two genders, male and female. Need hard proof, go get a sex change. You get 1 option. Need more proof fill out the paperwork before your sex change. You get 2 options for GENDER. Male or female!! Stop asking people to accept you when you don't accept them!
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PermalinkLooking solely at chromosomes, there is only two genders, with one rare exception. XY- male, XX- female, and the rare anomaly XYY, which only occurs in males and is often referred to as Jacob's syndrome. So, regardless of hormone supplements and surgery, you are what you were born, anything else is just pretending. Once again, you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
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