In a message dated 12/17/2003 6:26:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes:

> Isn't the whole medical management of
> birth and breastfeeding about control? And naturally, when control is the
> underlying issue, our mothers (growing up in our culture where control is very
> important) will reflect the struggle for control when they
> have their babies.


What I find most interesting and also very sad is that this frequently isn't a matter of HPs "wresting" control from women. Rather it is a matter of often otherwise intelligent women handing control over to HPs -- and handing it to them with gratitude as several on this list have documented via various cases.

KKG

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