jesic replied to your post: okay so today my anthropology (of women) teacher…

Do other people in the class think she’s full of shit? How the fuck is anyone taking her seriously.

that’s the thing though!!! everyone is eating it up!!!!!!!!!!!! 

i don’t know what to do like, do other people really think like this? that there is a “wrong” and a “right” way to give birth? like okay yeah i’ll admit there are some serious flaws in how the medical profession treats births and pregnant people (i.e. in some circumstances, like cattle) but if i want to elect to have my baby in a hospital with a doctor, that’s my choice. just as much as it’s my choice to have my baby at home with a midwife. 

after class she congratulated me on “stirring things up” by suggesting people are individuals capable of and responsible for their own decisions about their bodies and their offspring 

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  1. fuckyeahbatgirls said: i. you have all of my sympathy i don’t think i could take it. and SO MANY KUDOS AND THINGS TO YOU for ~stirring things up. maybe you made someone think.
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