couvade
(en)
(noun) a custom in some cultures in which when a child is born the father takes to bed as if bearing the child and submits himself to fasting, purification, or taboos
In the couvade, a man feels his wife's pregnancy: a porous border.
referring to a scene in Brief Interviews, when the interviewee asks if the interviewer knows the term
notable
9 years, 4 months ago