Post #1620358
2026-03-22 04:41 UTC
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@MsMerope@sfba.social 2026-03-22 04:44
@cvvhrn @ai6yr devaluation of education and critical thinking? a fear of cognitive dissonance? NEW IDEAS???? ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฑ
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@jetlagjen@gts.phillipsuk.org 2026-03-22 15:31
@cvvhrn @MsMerope @ai6yr partly we got here through over-medicalisation of birth and related trauma. Men with qualifications believe they understand childbirth better than the women who go through it. They act like educated men often do, and disregard the thoughts and feelings of women in their care. While birth may be safer on paper, women are often subjected to unnecessary interventions and have their hopes and opinions ignored and overruled. Then they get their trauma dismissed because "at least the baby is healthy". Women who go through that often lose faith in the medical establishment. Very soon, the same people who traumatised them are telling them what they "must" do to their babies. And every fibre of their being is desperate to protect themselves and their children from further harm. Alternatives can seem very attractive.