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it wasn't happening.

But this is not so hard to

fathom when you consider that

at that time, every one of those

governments was run by men.

Personally, I can understand the

position the authorities took.

It would have been irresponsible

just to come out and say

that a growing number of women were

procreating without male insemination.

On the whole,

men are rational beings.

But we have egos, too.

And nobody likes being told

they're becoming obsolete.

Obviously,

it's not for everyone,

but I still look forward to

going to work every morning.

There's not a lot of guys

who can say that.

Not anymore.

Come on,

I'm gonna tell Mommy.

Come on, you.

There's lots of things

I like about him.

He's fun to be around. And he's

caring, he's easy to talk to.

Andrew, I can't see.

Okay, let's take a break.

If we still had fathers,

he'd definitely be the kind

I'd want for Violet.

What's that word

they used to say

about a man who

looked appealing?

Handser? Hands...

Handsome?

Handsome. Yeah.

Well, that's what they would

have said about Andrew.

That he's handsome.

Parasitism, competition

and mutualism.

Right there?

This is actually the third

household that I've worked in.

And they've all

been different.

Describe species.

Got some more bread.

-Anyone want some?

-Thank you.

This one definitely

keeps me on my toes.

There's six kids,

six months to 17.

But that's okay.

I prefer it that way.

It's better to stay busy.

I think someone's gonna go to

bed. So everyone say good night.

-Good night, sweetheart.

-Good night.

What makes the job

a lot easier, though...

Hey, everybody,

gather in.

is when you genuinely like

the women that you work for.

Okay, is everybody here?

Hey, Luna,

how's it going?

-Hi, Violet.

-Hey.

Doesn't look like

you're gonna be cold today.

Iris is

really easygoing and kind.

And she has this

way about her that...

Balls,

we need balls.

It's hard to describe.

See your sister? Hi!

Over here.

All I know is that when

I'm around her, I feel

at ease.

Saffron, move in!

Terra's more conservative.

She likes to do things

by the book.

Remember the play, girls,

just like in practice!

So when she's around,

I tend to keep a low profile.

I do my job,

and I stay out of the way.

Because at the end

of the day,

no matter how emotionally

involved I might get,

I'm an employee.

And it's good to be reminded

of that every once in a while.

There he is,

the whippersnapper.

-Hey, Jim, how are you?

-Good, good.

You know Reggie?

He works for Holly Dawson

and Ivy Chan up on Verona.

Sure, yeah.

And my bosses want me to put

on a magic show to boot.

Can you believe that?

As if I can just

summon up balloon animals.

I want to say, "Ladies, I put on a

magic show for you every single day.

"I toilet trained your

daughters, for God's sake."

Excuse me?

Can you keep

your voices down?

Nobody wants to listen

to a bunch of manosaurs.

It's so annoying.

Sorry, we were just talking.

Yeah, relax.

Don't tell me to relax.

You're not even

allowed to be here.

It's okay,

we're actually working.

It doesn't matter.

You can't congregate

in groups of more than two.

Or have you

forgotten that?

Come on,

seriously?

Those are the rules.

Are you going to

follow them or not?

It's okay. I got to

get back to work.

No, no. Don't go.

Stick around.

It's okay. It's not worth it. It was

good seeing you. I'll see you soon.

See you later.

Maybe if things

had turned out differently,

I'd be a pilot

or an architect like my mom.

But there's no point

in dwelling on that.

I'm gonna make the best of the

opportunities that I do have,

because things

aren't going to change.

Not back to the way they were.

That's just

a fact of nature.

Even though more and more

women were coming forward

with fatherless

pregnancy claims,

they weren't taken seriously.

So things seemed to carry on

as they always had.

I think there was a sense

that it was pointless.

We tried to tell them

what was going on,

but they didn't

want to listen.

They never listened.

But if you'd looked a little

closer, you would have seen that

beneath the women's dutiful,

prim and proper exteriors,

there was a simmering anger

getting ready to boil over.

And then Sister Isabella

came along.

She was living in

a convent in the hills

outside of a small town

in Northern Spain.

Men were strictly forbidden

from entering the convent,

and even if she had wanted

to break her vows,

given the remote location and the

watchfulness of the other nuns,

it would have been impossible

for her to sneak away.

Yet, Sister Isabella discovered,

to her utter dismay

that she was pregnant.

One could argue that if this had

happened in a different time,

the Church may have very well

embraced Sister Isabella,

canonized her

as a living saint,

and perhaps even

looked upon her baby

as the return

of their Messiah.

But then again,

she had a daughter,

so that would

have thrown a wrench

into the Biblical narrative,

wouldn't it?

All we do know is

that the Church wanted

nothing to do

with Sister Isabella.

The Congregation of Causes of

Saints was ordered to destroy

the report they had written,

and deny that they had

ever heard her claim.

They told us

it was for the best.

In the tiny village

of Burgos, Spain,

a group of nuns are

telling a whale of a story.

Meet Sister Isabella.

Though it's hard to tell with

that habit on, she's pregnant.

And guess who they're

saying the father is?

No one.

That's right, it's another

so-called fatherless pregnancy.

The last thing the Catholic

Church expected was that

a devout order of Spanish nuns would

not only break their vow of silence,

but start talking to

anyone who would listen.

You people think that this

is a joke, but it is not.

It is happening more and more, and the

government needs to acknowledge it.

They need to wake up and

take these claims seriously

or they are going to be sorry.

We would like women

everywhere to know

that despite the world's

scientific community

being unanimous

in their belief

that fatherless pregnancies

are impossible,

we intend to study

this matter vigorously.

And I have no doubt that,

one way or another,

we will be able to put this whole

matter to rest once and for all.

For as long as history has

been recorded we have seen,

with civilization

after civilization,

that once

a group attains power,

they are very

reluctant to give it up.

But history also shows us that

eventually they are always forced to.

Tell us what you saw earlier.

Well, really it's

what I didn't see.

When I came into work this morning,

there were no secretaries,

which is unusual, given

how many of them we have.

And since there was no one

to make me coffee,

I had to go all the way

down to the lobby.

But then it took me

20 minutes to get service

because the waitresses hadn't

shown up for work there, either.

Afterwards, it was

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