By that argument, all OBGYNs should be men. Or women who've not been pregnant.

negative, ghostrider. Suggesting that a male obgyn may have a different and valuable perspective from a female obgyn is not the same as suggesting that all OBGYNs should be men.

To be explicit, I don't claim that all articles about parenthood should be written by non-parents, just that there's a particular type of value in ones that are, since they may more successfully divorce themselves from the visceral feelings of attachment that parents have towards their children.

You're right.

So the question then becomes:

"Does a male obgyn may have a different and valuable perspective from a female obgyn?"

How subjective is gynecology? How much room is there for 'perspective'?

I think the metaphor has been taken too far to be useful here.