Odent says that every culture that has sought to control nature through aggression also interferes with childbirth. When he wants to know how safe he will be in any city of the world, he looks at the birth practices.
Many reviews have hailed 2012 as the year of women’s rights, mostly because we’re now allowed to call sexism and misogyny sexism and misogyny. Women are still paid less than men, they still do most of the childcare, most of the housework. And in maternity care, which I’m interested in, they appear to have less choice than when I wrote The Birth Wars in 2009.
Read MoreMia Freedman’s recently republished online Mamamia piece on the women she calls ‘birthzillas’ sets women’s rights back by about a hundred years. It’s really disappointing from someone who could do much good for the next generation of mothers.
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