There is also the issue that it is a nice idea that people should show they are grown-up and responsible before having a child. Yet the system most people choose is to turn over all responsibility for their body and their baby to someone else. And we as society enable this. We say okay I'll deliver your baby. I'll feed your baby. I'll raise your baby.
Beyond the obvious physical measurable benefits to home birth there is the very hard to measure emotional aspect. When you do the work you feel empowered. Its so hard to explain. Think of something important that you did - getting hired for your first real job. It gives you such a feeling of self-worth. It takes women out of victim-hood.
Yes, women have the choice to be victims. And they have to make the choice but shouldn't we as a society try to push them out of the victim roll?
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Date: 2008-09-13 14:47 (UTC)There is also the issue that it is a nice idea that people should show they are grown-up and responsible before having a child. Yet the system most people choose is to turn over all responsibility for their body and their baby to someone else. And we as society enable this. We say okay I'll deliver your baby. I'll feed your baby. I'll raise your baby.
Beyond the obvious physical measurable benefits to home birth there is the very hard to measure emotional aspect. When you do the work you feel empowered. Its so hard to explain. Think of something important that you did - getting hired for your first real job. It gives you such a feeling of self-worth. It takes women out of victim-hood.
Yes, women have the choice to be victims. And they have to make the choice but shouldn't we as a society try to push them out of the victim roll?