the only thing that is (tragically, ironically) amusing about this is that they take the baby from her vagina instead of cutting it out of her. if they parodied like this nowadays, that would not be the case.
yep.
in closing, some words of wisdom from leilah mccracken, mother of 8(?) and co-founder of BirthLove:
The passion of mothering is not a New Age idea; it's a Stone Age absolute.Deep within us is a fantastic pulse of ferocious love: it binds us to our babies, and makes us vigilant in their lifelong care. This pulse has been eroded by the institutionalization of many basic life events; most significantly, childbirth and learning.
Instead of ancient mothers selfishly guarding the individual loves and virtues of our children, we become modern custodians for the state - breeders and caregivers of an easily manipulated populace. Women must once again claim birth as a powerful, liberating life event- instead of a painfully medicalized one; and families must allow themselves to learn and stay together in the short time they have- and shun the bizarre lessons in life given by often hostile institutions whose main focus seem to be that of severing families and crushing true intelligence.
It is revolutionary to reject what society so stringently dictates, and revel in being Mother: not as a producer of marketable goods, but as the conduit of life itself.
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