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On page 79 of the piece by Catherine Scholten what stood out for me was the section where Scholten argued that birth became increasingly regarded as a medical problem to be managed by physicians. This is a complete 180 from the women in the colonial period of the 17th centuries that were expected to have as many children as possible until their death. This is a crucial turning point, from childbirth being celebrated to childbirth being a medical problem. This goes to show that what are considered norms are only a function of society at that particular time. -- Erin Sanderson | On page 79 of the piece by Catherine Scholten what stood out for me was the section where Scholten argued that birth became increasingly regarded as a medical problem to be managed by physicians. This is a complete 180 from the women in the colonial period of the 17th centuries that were expected to have as many children as possible until their death. This is a crucial turning point, from childbirth being celebrated to childbirth being a medical problem. This goes to show that what are considered norms are only a function of society at that particular time. -- Erin Sanderson | ||
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| + | I found this piece interesting because the one thing women had some control over and dominated was then being transferred to men. All because physician were men during that time. This piece raises many questions in my mind. You have trained midwives and fill in midwives. Then you have women in suburban areas where midwives delivered most of the babies because there was no doctor around. In urban areas, there was doctor available if there were any problems arose during childbirth. Then there was the problem of women being concerned with the presence of a "man" looking at a woman in this "delicate" way. Another point, it that when you have a midwife with years of a experience delivering babies and a man who is "medically trained" with little experience, what would you feel most comfortable with? There was a large transition here from women to men in childbirth. During this time, you had women being more educated and they may have felt they had more choices. In making these choices do they oust other women out of the arena? -Marsha Himes | ||
