In “The Girl in the Flammable Skirt” by Aimee Bender, a husband wakes up with a hole going directly through his stomach, and then his wife becomes pregnant and gives birth to her own mother. I saw the husband’s connection to his stomach similar to a man that is proud of his beer belly. I have had many dreams of being pregnant or giving birth and according to dream interpretations that I have obsessed over, dreaming about a pregnancy symbolize “an aspect of yourself or some aspect of your personal life that is growing and developing.” I couldn’t find anything about giving birth to your own mother.
Bender writes, “He was feeling very proud. Biggest belly ever. That was some good sperm” (pg. 3). It’s nice to see men feeling excitement of becoming a parent once their significant other becomes pregnant, but this is a personal achievement for the husband, as if his fantasy football team is advancing to another game. Also when he learns of the pregnancy, he suggests that the baby will be named after HIS father whether a boy a girl. The wife doesn’t make any remark in his decision.
The wife says, “Fuck if my mother is going to ruin my body” (pg. 5). There is a lot of irony in this since her mother was the one who created her body. Is she actually ruining it? Also the mother holds on to the slice of cake from her mother’s funeral. I think …show more content…
Her reason for filming is for the “point of transition form fetus to human being, and from woman to mother.” Her boyfriend, who has a painting titled: "fish sprouts dick, nun on knees sucks the dick, family of bears watches with opera glasses,” is not ready for children. The thought of this freaks him out and he makes excuses such as “her cervix is heaving. It’s goddamned heaving” when looking at one of Samanthas videos. Giving birth does not require him to have a heaving cervix. He just has to be
Bender writes, “He was feeling very proud. Biggest belly ever. That was some good sperm” (pg. 3). It’s nice to see men feeling excitement of becoming a parent once their significant other becomes pregnant, but this is a personal achievement for the husband, as if his fantasy football team is advancing to another game. Also when he learns of the pregnancy, he suggests that the baby will be named after HIS father whether a boy a girl. The wife doesn’t make any remark in his decision.
The wife says, “Fuck if my mother is going to ruin my body” (pg. 5). There is a lot of irony in this since her mother was the one who created her body. Is she actually ruining it? Also the mother holds on to the slice of cake from her mother’s funeral. I think …show more content…
Her reason for filming is for the “point of transition form fetus to human being, and from woman to mother.” Her boyfriend, who has a painting titled: "fish sprouts dick, nun on knees sucks the dick, family of bears watches with opera glasses,” is not ready for children. The thought of this freaks him out and he makes excuses such as “her cervix is heaving. It’s goddamned heaving” when looking at one of Samanthas videos. Giving birth does not require him to have a heaving cervix. He just has to be