Stem Cells: Same-sex couples to have their own genetic children in future.

[NJ5]

sapphi_snake said:

NJ5 said:

Obviously there are connections that can hardly happen between non-related parents/children:

- a genetic connection.

- in the case of most mothers/fathers, an emotional bond (i.e. connection) that starts forming as soon as the mother gets pregnant. The baby can hear the parents' voices, the parents can feel the baby's movements and sometimes see the baby in medical exams, etc etc...

- the simple idea of "possession" ("we made this baby and it's ours"). Consciously or subconsciously, I find it hard to argue that this connection doesn't exist in the minds of most parents.

I don't understand why you would deny all these obvious connections and attribute everything to cultural indoctrination.

I don't agree with the genetic "connection". It doesn't create any type of bond between people, other than them sharing the same genes. As for the other ones that you mentioned, they're all psyhological. You'll also develop a bond with a child who's not your biological child, if you raise it since it's a baby, and the child will develop a bond with you also.

And take a look at the cases of children switched at birth. The parents develop a connection to the children they raised, thinking that they were their own, even though they actually weren't. Same thing happens with the kids. It's all psychological and has nothing to do with the genes.

Of course it's psychological since we're talking about emotions, but that doesn't mean it's cultural indoctrination.