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He's Expecting 1
He's Expecting 1 | Sakai Eri
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When career-minded Kentaro Hiyama finds out that he's pregnant, it will change the course of more than just his own life. In the Japan of Eri Sakai's thought experiment, ten years have passed since the male sex has spontaneously gained the ability to get pregnant, and society has struggled to adjust. Kentaro isn't sure at first who the mother might be, and quickly finds himself butting up against regressive attitudes and discriminatory policies-most of which long precede male pregnancy. In his previous life, he'd never given any of it a second thought-he may have even held the same views. But through his encounters with other pregnant people, and galvanized by his new perspective, Kentaro turns his skills in business and marketing to effecting social change.
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He's Expecting 1 | Sakai Eri
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2 ⭐ This is exactly what you expect from the title. It takes place in Tokyo, and a man is pregnant. Not a trans man, a biological man. It starts by telling you that genetics has changed and for the past 10 years men have been able to get pregnant. Our main character is single and has become pregnant and we as the readers see their pregnancy in context of society. This pregnant man is treated almost as if he was a pregnant teenager in the US.

LibrarianRyan First off people are wondering if he‘s gay or had sex with another man since they‘re pregnant. Then people are debating if he should have the baby. There there were the arguments that a pregnant man is unnatural and what is he gonna do without a woman. The main character also debates with themselves frequently about should I keep it are should I abort. However, there‘s no simple abortion for men. It‘s a full on weeklong recovery abdominal surgery 3mo
LibrarianRyan because there‘s no birth canal. This book isn‘t crazy, it‘s just boring. I wanted to like it. I thought it would be fun and I find that there‘s so much commentary on how society feels about pregnant men that I have no interest in continuing. 3mo
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