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My article on birth rape published  

post #1 of 27
3/8/08 at 10:40am
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Just thought I'd share this article I wrote on birth rape for a feminist website. It was picked up by True Birth.com as well. http://www.truebirth.com/2008/03/07/...ape-in-the-uk/
post #2 of 27
3/8/08 at 10:49am
Wow, I really don't have the emotional energy to say all I'd like to but that was an amazing article, well done! I can relate to the last paragraph especailly...I am not allowed a birth attendant b/c I choose to birth home. (Having too many sections in their opinion.) So I have no choice but face another or stay home all alone not knowing what's happening. I choose the later & hope for the best, but it breaks my heart. A skilled birth attendant is a fundamental RIGHT.
post #3 of 27
3/8/08 at 11:03am
Excellent! I only wish more feminists would put energy into this than they currently do.
post #4 of 27
3/8/08 at 11:04am
That is an amazing article. Thank you so much for writing it.
post #5 of 27
3/8/08 at 1:48pm
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Originally Posted by amitymama View Post
Just thought I'd share this article I wrote on birth rape for a feminist website. It was picked up by True Birth.com as well. http://www.truebirth.com/2008/03/07/...ape-in-the-uk/
Thank you for writing such an informative, thoughtful article! Birth rape is something that more feminists should be aware of, and it's only going to gain attention as more of us speak up about it.

I didn't realize it was an MDC mama that wrote it. I should have known.
post #6 of 27
3/8/08 at 2:27pm
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Thanks everyone! I'm pleased that you liked it. I was hoping that I did the topic justice. Having not actually suffered a birth rape myself, I wanted to portray it sensitively but at the same time make people feel uncomfortable about what goes on in hospitals, IYKWIM. Thanks again for your support!
post #7 of 27
3/8/08 at 2:34pm
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Originally Posted by amitymama View Post
I wanted to portray it sensitively but at the same time make people feel uncomfortable about what goes on in hospitals, IYKWIM.
You did that!
post #8 of 27
3/8/08 at 7:21pm
post #9 of 27
3/8/08 at 7:37pm
I love the line "no means no --even in the delivery room." can I make that a bumper sticker?
post #10 of 27
3/8/08 at 8:10pm

That was an amazing article.
Thank you.
post #11 of 27
3/8/08 at 11:11pm
I loved your article. That is how I felt with my only hospital birth. I just didn't have the words to express it.
post #12 of 27
3/9/08 at 1:34am
What an absolutely fantastic article! Well done! I would like to see it reprinted in every parenting magazine in the English-speaking world.
post #13 of 27
3/9/08 at 10:04am
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What an absolutely fantastic article! Well done! I would like to see it reprinted in every parenting magazine in the English-speaking world.
No, every obstetric medical journal...
post #14 of 27
3/9/08 at 10:34am
I'd love to see your excellent article included in the Birth Trauma support thread stickied at the top of the forum. Would you like to include it??
post #15 of 27
3/9/08 at 11:18am
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Originally Posted by georgia View Post
I'd love to see your excellent article included in the Birth Trauma support thread stickied at the top of the forum. Would you like to include it??
There's a birth trauma sticky? Wow, do I feel dumb, had no idea...off to look...
post #16 of 27
3/9/08 at 2:35pm
It's fairly recent Apologies for not linking it previously (I'm a tad under-the-weather). Birth Trauma stickied thread here.
post #17 of 27
3/10/08 at 9:24am
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Originally Posted by georgia View Post
I'd love to see your excellent article included in the Birth Trauma support thread stickied at the top of the forum. Would you like to include it??
Absolutely! If it can help someone come to terms with their birth trauma, by all means, please post it.

ETA: oh, or did you mean I should post it myself? Wasn't sure if a mod should do it or if I could do it myself
post #18 of 27
3/10/08 at 10:53am
Either way. That particular thread is open to member posts. You're welcome to post to it or I can do it if you'd prefer
post #19 of 27
3/10/08 at 2:04pm
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Originally Posted by georgia View Post
Either way. That particular thread is open to member posts. You're welcome to post to it or I can do it if you'd prefer
Thanks Georgia, I've posted it to the relevant thread now.
post #20 of 27
5/14/08 at 2:08pm
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Just thought I'd update because there's been a recent development with my story. A rather well-known doctor blogger in the UK yesterday wrote an attack on my birth rape article, and one written by another woman about medical rape. I won't link to it here because it is vile but the feminist website I originally wrote it for has more on what he said and how feminists and birth advocates are responding. I wrote a rebuttal here.

I hope this guy isn't allowed anywhere near birthing women.
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