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This article raises sooo many questions. Why did she have kids in the first place? Who put these kids in her to birth? Is she a lesbian who decided to get the turkey baster, or was a man in the room? If so, what sort of relationship, if any, did she have with him? And how does that cloud the picture? If someone is going to bare their soul in Salon, they may as well show us the whole picture.
Apart from the fact that we are left to wonder in what possible context the article is in, I have to wonder what, in DJD's mind, makes her think she is qualified to raise a son by herself at all, never mind one who's the product of 1970's social engineering. As the (married) father of a bright, happy, funny girl, I can give her so much love and guidance, but I would be terrified of raising her myself. I do not know how to teach her the things girls--and women--must know to adapt socially in the world. I'm not talking mascara and menstruation; I'm talking about how women interact with each other and what they feel. I have never been a woman any more than DJD has been a man, and neither of us has experienced the emotions, drives and passions of the other sex. If DJD cannot understand men, how can she explain maleness to her son when he needs that guidance?
It's one thing to be robbed of your role model parent through death or divorce. It's entirely another to intentionally deprive him, resulting in emotionally crippling him.
