Pregnant Father Calvin Klein Ad

Hank Unplugged: Essential Christian Conversations

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🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Answer Man broadcast, reflects on the Calvin Klein ad campaign for Mother’s Day 2022. In support of mother’s all over the world, Calvin Klein proudly spotlighted the realities of new families. The ad featured Roberto, due to give birth to his and Erika’s son Noah—“any day now.” So, here you have a picture of a pregnant man, lying next to his significant other—a woman, or at least someone who at first blush appears to be a woman (who knows?). How did this woman get this man pregnant? How does that work? Well, the reality is that it doesn’t. So, Roberto (a biological woman), transfigured into the appearance of a man, must have gotten pregnant through some type of extraordinary measure. One thing that Roberto cannot do, of course, is breast feed their forthcoming infant. Why? During his sex reassignment surgery, Roberto had a double mastectomy. His breasts are gone—although the scars left by their removal are still visible in the Calvin Klein ads. One thing that couldn’t be altered, of course, was Roberto’s hips. And thankfully so, otherwise it would be transcendently difficult to birth a baby. What Calvin Klein must surely know is that sex refers to biology. To the 23rd chromosome pair. To the DNA written into every cell of the human body. To the reality that biological sex is biologically unchangeable regardless of sex reassignment surgery. One thing is inviolate. While the CK ad features what looks like a man having a baby, the reality is that men do not have wombs—only mother’s do.

See Christopher Tremogli, “Will Calvin Klein’s ‘Pregnant Man’ Be Able to Find Baby Formula?,” Washington Examiner, May 12, 2022, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/will-calvin-kleins-pregnant-man-be-able-to-find-baby-formula

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Hank Hennigraph, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of the Bible Instrument
0:18.0	broadcast with another Hank Unplug short.
0:22.3	I had heard about it, but I hadn't seen it with my own eyes.
0:28.2	And yet this morning, I did.
0:31.9	I'm talking about the Kelvin Klein ad campaign for Mother's Day 2022.
0:38.3	In support of mothers all over the world,
0:43.3	Kelvin Klein proudly spotlighted the realities of new families.
0:49.3	And so the Calvin Klein ad featured Roberto, who was due to give birth to his and Eric's son, Noah, and by the looks of it, any day now.
1:04.9	So here you have a picture of a pregnant man in Kelvin Klein underwear lying next to his significant other,
1:16.9	also in Kelvin Klein underwear, who happens to be a woman, or at least someone who at first blush,
1:25.2	appears to be a woman.
1:27.4	My first thought in looking at the pictures of... someone who at first blush appears to be a woman.
1:33.7	My first thought in looking at the pictures and these ads was,
1:40.9	how in the world could this mother get this man pregnant?
1:43.4	How does that work? Well, the reality is, of course, it doesn't.
1:49.0	Sir Roberto, a biological woman, who was trans, well, transfigured into the appearance of a man
1:57.4	must have gotten pregnant through some type of extraordinary measure.
2:03.6	Now one thing that Roberto could not do, of course, is breastfeed their forthcoming
2:12.6	infant. Why? Well, because during his sex reassignment surgery, Roberto had a double mastectomy.
2:23.3	The breasts are gone, although if you look closely, the scars left by the removal of the breasts are still quite visible in the Kelvin Klein adds.
2:37.0	One thing that could not be altered, of course, was Roberto's hips, and thankfully
2:46.0	so, otherwise it would have been transcendently difficult to birth a baby. What Kelvin Klein must surely know is that sex refers to biology.
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