I began mine with "..oh did anyone catch the story of the woman yesterday who was drugged, starved, strapped down, had her vagina repeatedly invaded, she was mutilated, objects inserted into her AND to make things worse she was 9 months pregnant!!!" everyone was up in arms and really upset by this. Then I told them that it happens in labour rooms everyday and nobody considers this abuse?? Infact we often passivley allow it to happen.
Well said Jo !!!
I've used similar examples in my work with women and it is very powerful. It makes them sit up and really take notice of what it is your trying to convey to them Re: lack of consent, violation, and rape !! Time and time again I've used this abstract 'story telling' as a teaching tool - then projected the same 'story' into the context of birthing and POW !!!!!
Yours in birth,
Tina Pettigrew
Birthworks
Independent CBE and aspiring B.Mid Midwife.
Convenor, Aust B. Mid Student Collective.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BMidStudentCollective
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" As we trust the flowers to open to new life
- So we can trust birth"
Harriette Hartigan.
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