Me: Please make sure you’ve underlined the passage: “For none of woman born shall harm Macbeth.”
Student: Mr. Garcia, this has nothing to do with the play, but what is up with that pregnant man?
Me: … Actually, that question has a lot to do with what we’re reading…

And so began a great in-class tangent about how the progeny of the pregnant man pose a serious threat to Macbeth, just like his foe Macduff. Also covered in the discussion: differences between sex and gender, the significance of the play’s second apparition appearing as a bloody child, and speculation about if the pregnant man has a “peter-deter*.”

*Student term, not mine.