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This article was very interesting, that because male physicians started entering this field it "lead to the demand for female physicians." Which I'm sure some women had an "ah ha" moment. However I do see where the community surrounded the mother for support during the childbirth and how that might effect the group dynamic when physicians took the place of these other women. --Remy B. | This article was very interesting, that because male physicians started entering this field it "lead to the demand for female physicians." Which I'm sure some women had an "ah ha" moment. However I do see where the community surrounded the mother for support during the childbirth and how that might effect the group dynamic when physicians took the place of these other women. --Remy B. | ||
| − | I find it interesting that midwifery was being phased out by all the physicians who were just starting out in the field. T'''he midwives in my opinion did the same job as the physicians, but because they were female, it made all the difference.''' Now the field is open to both men and women, both sexes can do the job. They may have different ideas about how to do their job, but the end result is the same. ---Pam Petzold | + | I find it interesting that midwifery was being phased out by all the physicians who were just starting out in the field. T'''he midwives in my opinion did the same job as the physicians, but because they were female, it made all the difference.''' Now the field is open to both men and women, both sexes can do the job. They may have different ideas about how to do their job, but the end result is the same. ---Pam Petzold |
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| + | I found it interesting just how much of a the process of childbirth changed after male physicians began to be involved. Childbirth transitioned to something that was almost like a social event, to something that was private and one-on-one with a physician. Childbearing was an incredibly strong bond that tied women together and before male physicians, women relied only on midwives and their FEMALE friends and relatives to help them through the pains and labor of childbirth. One of the most interesting aspects of childbirth before male physicians for me was the lengths that women (who were very far along in their pregnancy by this time) would go through to make sure their house was ready to receive all the women that would come to help with the labor, preparing drinks and entertainment for them and other things of that sort. From saying that they "would rather die" than have a male physician help them with medical problems relating to childbirth, to an almost total reliance on them, women seemed to have made the change rather quickly. I think this transition shows again the idea that women saw men as superior, and if they said they could do better at delivering a child, they undoubtedly were. --Grace Christenson | ||
== JUDITH SARGENT MURRAY, Story of Margaretta, 1798 == | == JUDITH SARGENT MURRAY, Story of Margaretta, 1798 == | ||
