Chris, IMHO you are 100% on the mark! I never felt more a feminist until I carried, birthed and nursed/nurtured my children. Birth can be an empowering experience for a woman---if it has not been overshadowed by the usual medical technology ( no flames please, I know that it has its place). It's a connection with all women throughout human existence. Of course, before I embarked on motherhood, I thought to be a feminist meant not "throwing" away my career for my children. What was I thinking?! Mothering has taught me more about feminism than anything else! I once saw a poster of a mother from South America. I believe she was one of the leaders of some resistance movement. She was rallying the people. In her arms was her infant . Tell me she's not a feminist! I doubt she was getting the looks that I have gotten in the past when my children tagged along with me on errands! Aloha, Gloria Thai LLLLeader Hawai'i (who is feeling very empowered this morning as I sit at the computer nursing my Klingon baby)