that sounds more like ideology rather than facts or data.
larry
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:00:32 -0400, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Second - I think that even in most non-modern cultures
> > few, if any, women expect childbirth to be pain-free.
> > What they do expect is that it is a rite of passage
> > that they are capable of enduring. And, if you're
> > mentally prepared, it's really not that horrific
> > (speaking as someone who went through 42 hours of
> > labor with no epidural).
>
> I never meant to imply it was common, but it has been known to happen
> for women who are prepared for and expect painless birth. Though I
> gather that by and large, your description does depict the norm (and I
> see where my verbage might have seemed a bit zealous. :P ) Though when
> my ex was pregnant with our 2nd daughter, she was also reading a lot
> of birth erotica. It sounds really bizarre to most women particularly
> in our culture where hospital birth horror stories tends to become the
> women's equivalent of a phalus-sizing contest. Nonetheless there are a
> good number of women who write about having not just a powerful right
> of passage, but in some cases the most powerful orgasmic experiences
> of their lives while givin birth. Although not always painlessly. Of
> course every woman is different.
>
> s. isaac dealey 954.927.5117
>
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>
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