Pregnancy Is a Superpower — But Modern Feminism Can’t See It

There’s something miraculous about pregnancy. To grow a new life inside your body is not just a function of biology — it’s something close to divine. It's creative power in the purest sense: the ability to produce a human being from within your own flesh and blood.

And yet, in much of modern feminist discourse, pregnancy is treated not as a superpower but as a handicap. A disadvantage. A biological inconvenience that men are "lucky" not to suffer.

But here's the truth: men don't opt out of pregnancy. They can't do it. They lack the very capacity. And rather than viewing this as a form of extraordinary female strength — a sacred, even mysterious distinction — many feminists reduce it to a complaint about unfairness. Instead of celebrating what only women can do, they focus on what men never have to.

This is more than just bad framing — it’s a philosophical misfire.

The Gift, Not the Gap

Pregnancy is framed by mainstream feminism as a “burden women bear that men don't.” It becomes a talking point in debates about pay gaps, career mobility, and bodily autonomy. And while these issues have real-world policy implications, the framing itself is subtly corrosive. It makes women resent what should be revered.

Instead of being proud of what their bodies can do, many are taught to be bitter that men don’t have to share the load. That resentment distorts the meaning of the act itself.

This is the paradox: the very thing that sets women apart in the most awe-inspiring way is seen not as a sacred calling or capacity, but as a biological liability in the struggle for equality.

But Equality Is Not Sameness

The feminist drive for equality often slips into a drive for sameness — as if men and women must be interchangeable in every domain for there to be fairness. And that’s where the logic begins to fray.

Equality doesn’t mean sameness. It never has. A world where men and women are truly equal doesn’t mean we do the same things — it means we value what each can uniquely offer.

The female ability to bring forth life isn’t something to minimize or envy in men — it’s something to elevate. Not because it makes women better than men, but because it’s an irreplaceable contribution. The fact that women can create life and men cannot isn’t an imbalance — it’s part of the beautiful asymmetry of human existence.

The Unspoken Envy

Ironically, while some feminists complain about the burden of pregnancy, there's a growing cultural undercurrent of male envy around it — reflected in bizarre biotech fantasies about male pregnancy, womb transplants, or the growing number of trans narratives that fixate on the uterus.

What’s being missed in both camps is the sacred otherness of pregnancy. It’s not something anyone should try to erase or replicate — it's something that deserves to be honored precisely because it can't be universalized.

Reframing Power

Pregnancy is strength. Endurance. Alchemy. It’s the power to create life and survive it. And yes, it’s hard. It’s painful. It changes your body, your hormones, your sense of self. But it’s also one of the few acts left in our culture that carries an ancient weight — something older than politics, richer than identity.

That’s not oppression. That’s power.

Conclusion: Respect the Mystery

Instead of trying to level every biological difference between men and women, maybe we should step back and ask: what if some differences are sacred? What if pregnancy isn’t something to downplay in the name of equality, but something to elevate in the name of meaning?

The truth is, men can’t do what women do. And that’s not injustice — that’s awe.