Dear list,
On a film/documentary on rape a counsellor made the
following statement,Closure is a myth, a woman after
being raped is never the same.She then quoted a case
where a woman never slept more than 2-3 hours,wore
runners to bed( she thought that if she had being
wearing runners she could
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Date: Saturday,
November 09, 2002 22:17:05
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[ozmidwifery] another horror story: closure is a myth
Dear list,On a film/documentary on rape a counsellor
made thefollowing statement,"Closure is a
?
any advice?
love lizmc
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] another horror
story: closure is a myth
Ann,
I think you are right - I think that after a "birth rape"
experience a woman does not find closure at all.
I think t
meone to be
responsible.
regards
Rhonda.
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10, 2002 09:13:02
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Why in the hell did she lie still for that?
It is impossible to insert an epidural into an un-cooperative person.
she must have agreed and
co-operated. Maureen.
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Date: Sunday, November
10, 2002 13:05:39
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Why in the hell did she lie still
ss action' against medicalized childbirth and
maternity services through the Commonwealth Ombudsman.
Would this force change??
any comments? any
lawyers? any advice?
love lizmc
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Rhonda said:
"But - Oh the power play and the
woman feels so unable to refuse these things.
The Obstetric dominance can bend a woman into doing things that she
woudl not otherswise do. I don't think we can judge her for that."
Very true. Have you never done anything that
you would rather
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Yesterday Iheard about a woman who birthed recently. Shearrived
at hospitalalready 5cm dilated afterjust having a'show' at
home. She was pressured into having an ARMto 'get things moving along'
(?!?!). This was her first baby and he was bornwith the aid of forceps
(after a
