Life's Greatest Miracle

"Life's Greatest Miracle"


This was a film that provided an in depth, technical (but not confusing) analysis of the beginning of life of a human being.  Featuring one couple in particular, this film examined the intricate processes we all underwent in order to develop from an egg/sperm combo to a full fledged crying baby.

The whole process is rather remarkable. I'm continually amazed by nature's ability to create life through rapidly dividing cells.  As this is a blog for my Human Sexuality class, I think it's fit to mention that same cells that create a penis in a male are the same cells that form a clitoris in a female (the penis develops if the testosterone created reaches those cells or not).  It makes me wonder why there is an overwhelming amount of gender polarization in our culture when males and females began as the exact same thing.  Beyond that, not everyone is born with the "perfect set" of genitalia, so to polarize every single human being in to one of two categories seems a bit nonsensical. 

As I sat at the back of the class watching this video, it was interesting to watch the reactions from classmates as the live birth was being shown.  Including me, I saw most of us kind of cringe and look away... except for (I'm assuming) the ones who have either a) been in a delivery room already or b) was the one who had given birth.  The topic of sexuality and the birthing process seems to have a stigma attached to it.  I wonder what it will take to remove these from the general public view. More education? More outward conversation? More understanding?

Just a few thoughts is all....