From: Saravan Peacock (saravan@perth.DIALix.oz.au)
Date: Fri 13 Sep 1996 - 05:38:59 EEST
>Would our "character" women seem any less human because they experience only
>>discomfort not pain when giving birth?
Yes. I say this because it has been part of the human (female) condition
for millenia (at the least) that women suffer some (considerable) pain
during birth and pregnancy. It is part of the whole corpus of belief,
folklore, ritual and understanding of human life and that most important
part of it which revolves around the bearing of new life and rejuvenation
of the self and the society. This is a *really* important facet of human
life across cultures and time. You'd need a really good reason to do away
with an aspect of that corpus (pain of childbirth) which might change the
whole outlook on life.
On another tack I love the idea of menstrual blood attracting pain spirits.
On this particularly myth-bound area, maybe the pain of menstruation is
caused by pain spirits. Maybe this is why only some women suffer really
badly. Don't know if I'll use it, but it has a really dark feel to it - in
keeping with the Babeester Gor type atmosphere - blood, ritual, pain,
spirits etc.
Pax
Saravan.
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