http://www.scienceandsensibility.org/?p=1129
Fascinating interview with one of the "Giants" of Midwifery, Judith Rooks.
I hate to go all "feminist patriarchy-basher" but as I read the portion about the male OB/GYN that was uncomfortable watching the woman in labor, it definitely occurred to me that if you are uncomfortable with the process, you probably shouldn't be involved.
Watching someone hurt is not a pleasant experience (or not for the psychologically sound, at least), but it is a part of laboring to give birth. It is, for better or worse, a natural part of the process.
As soon as finals are over, I'm considering writing to the director's boards of the hospitals in my hometown to let them know about this.
I may even reactivate my Facebook to get the word out for others to do the same.
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there is such a disconnect in our society about the origin of things. we don't want to acknowledge that food comes out of the dirt (it comes from the grocery store, right? where clean people put it, i'm told). we don't want to concede that pain is necessary for ANYTHING (the only person who's said to the contrary was my tattoo artist, ha). we want things done in an orderly fashion, in a predictable, controlled environment.
ReplyDeleteit thrills me to know that you'd write to the director's board at your local hospital! super awesome.
Funny you mention the disconnection lala! My husband says that if more people were confronted with the meat they eat in living form, there would be more vegetarians...!
ReplyDeleteBut you're right - Western culture has us all socialized to negate the process and skip right to the result (instant gratification maybe?), cheating ourselves in the meantime.