• NABDad@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    You think it’s ok to ask a woman if she’s expecting?

    You never reference a woman’s pregnancy until after you have been informed that she is pregnant. If you see a woman and you think she’s pregnant and think you should say something about her pregnancy, keep your mouth shut. Staple it shut if you need to, but don’t say anything.

    Any pregnant woman who wants to talk about her pregnancy will announce it to you. Pregnant women will let you know they are pregnant. You don’t have to ask.

    This is from a man whose wife got sick, gained weight, and had to put up with idiots asking her if she was expecting. One jackass actually put her hands on her belly to feel the “baby” kick.

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      It can be a social faux pas but people just mean well with that question, they wanna share in your happiness and celebrate you. I learned how it can backfire quite early in life, though, after accidentally complimenting a teacher in the middle of class when she wasn’t expecting, she had just gained weight over the summer. 🥲

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      You think it’s ok to ask a woman if she’s expecting?

      yeah… sure. it’s also fine to ask someone’s weight, age, income, etc… if they don’t want to answer, then don’t. this applies to all genders.

      if you don’t want the world to interact with you, don’t go out into the world.

      don’t touch people though.

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        Does anyone ever go around and ask men what their sperm count is or if they can maintain an erection to ejaculate?

        So you think Reproductive health questions are apparently fine towards women but inappropriate towards men.

        Cause women can just not answer.

        Yeah but no one asks men about their reproduction abilities or status.

        You see the problem here ?

        It’s private health information. It’s not polite to ask these things.