To DU men: if artifical wombs existed would you carry a fetus to term? [View All]

[joshcryer]

Say we had the technology to have artifical wombs. We already know how to coerce eggs into acting as sperm, to an extent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenogenesis

So theoretically same sex couples could have children (while I imagine lesbians could carry a baby there could be health benefits to not actually carrying and having the fetus exist in an artifical womb). Males could have the same benefits that females do in being able to carry a child, and all in all the reproductive consequences would be groundbreaking.

My question is whether or not males here would actually carry a fetus to term (assuming they wanted a child), or if the idea is just totally foreign to them. I personally think it would be cool, to be able to have a baby. Men are not averse to childcare, in my opinion, it is just a cultural thing. The Aka males, for example, spend 49% of a childs life with the child (to the point of even having the child suck their nipples for comfort! That was a new one to me when I learned of that!). And I think they are just as capable of caring for a fetus. The only think lacking is the right technology or plumbing for this to be the case.

Why *wouldn't* you want this?