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When viewing this shift from a midwife centered birthing system to one that was purely medical, it seems as though it would be would be an important step in the advancement of women's health. However, even though the intensions of some of these male physicians may have been true to the patient it appears that such help was unwanted and even feared by the female community. Male physicians saw this field of medicine as one that had been long neglected and needed to be addressed in order to bring birthing practices from a "primitive society" to one that was civilized. Women on the other hand did not see such a need for male interference and viewed this shift as distressing and corrupting the female communal experience of child birth. Was it that women were alright with living in this "primitive society", in regards to birthing, in order to retain their social and cultural lives as females? -- Rachel T. | When viewing this shift from a midwife centered birthing system to one that was purely medical, it seems as though it would be would be an important step in the advancement of women's health. However, even though the intensions of some of these male physicians may have been true to the patient it appears that such help was unwanted and even feared by the female community. Male physicians saw this field of medicine as one that had been long neglected and needed to be addressed in order to bring birthing practices from a "primitive society" to one that was civilized. Women on the other hand did not see such a need for male interference and viewed this shift as distressing and corrupting the female communal experience of child birth. Was it that women were alright with living in this "primitive society", in regards to birthing, in order to retain their social and cultural lives as females? -- Rachel T. | ||
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| + | In this reading, it really struck out to me the different responsibilities and activities that the midwives would get involved in, such as testifying for bastard children, attending baptisms and funerals, etc. It seemed they made more of a personal connection with the family and the baby. I found the shift from female midwives to males to be really surprising. Society always had a sense of shyness when it came to women. Women were supposed to be ladies and keep their physical beauty and body to their husband and not out in public to non family members. But, I believe with the increase of males delivering babies, those guards of shyness between men and women began to come down, slowly. In return, changing the mannerly way of men and women in society. --Aqsa Z. | ||
== JUDITH SARGENT MURRAY, Story of Margaretta, 1798 == | == JUDITH SARGENT MURRAY, Story of Margaretta, 1798 == | ||
