Childbirth class, pt. ii
Much of last night was consumed by videos. One video was about vaginal delivery, and featured "documentary-style" footage of women wincing, grunting, and screaming. The other was about C-sections.Perhaps the highlight, though, was this quote, which our instructor took from a book:
Among the Huichol Indians, the father traditionally sat above his labouring wife in the rafters of the hut, with a rope tied round his testicles. When his partner felt a painful contraction she would tug on the rope, so that he too would experience the pain which would bring new life.It was accompanied by the following graphic.
posted by SiliDaddy @ 7:08 PM
1 Comments:
I suppose the practice also contributed in restricting the procreative abilities of the father.
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