Monty Pythons' "The Meaning of Life" (a movie) has this bit where a woman is in
hospital giving birth in a very techno room, machines that go beep etc, & she
says "What do I do!", and the Dr. (John Cleese) replies "Nothing dear, you're
not qualified".
Or there are a font of newspaper articles decrying the "dangers" of homebirth,
and the "safety" of c/sections, I'm sure we don't just get them here in SA. For
'perfect mother' stuff I suggest "The Mask of Motherhood" by Susan Maushart ( a
book).
jenni
Deborah Frame wrote:
> After not checking my mail for what seems like ever, I have finally managed
> to get through nearly 200 messages (deleted most) and now have a request to
> make.
>
> One of the subjects that I am studying this semester is 'Women's issues in
> Health' and for my group discussion I have to raise issues with regard to
> the impact that media representation has on women's health.
>
> We have discussed numerous times anorexia and distorted body image, so the
> angle that I would like to take is maybe the link between media
> representation of birth (invoking fear) and the increase in analgesia use,or
> the image of the perfect mother/family being linked to depression/PND.
>
> If anyone has any suggestions, links, articles(I have access to various
> nursing journals), etc or perhaps some other suggestions as to women, media
> and health.
>
> Thanking you in advance
>
> Deborah Frame
>
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