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Envy the kangaroo. That pouch
setup is extraordinary: the baby crawls out of the womb when
it is about two inches long, gets into the pouch, and proceeds
to mature. I’d have a baby if it would develop in my
handbag.
-- Rita Rudner
Call it “womb awe” or “womb worship,” but it is not
simple envy. I don’t remember ever wanting to be a woman.
But each of the three times I have been present at the birth
of one of my children I have been overwhelmed by a sense of
reverence….It was, quite suddenly, the first day of
creation: the Goddess was giving birth to a world….Like men
since the beginning of time I wondered: What can I ever create
that will equal the magnificence of this new life?
-- Sam
Keen
She’s screaming like crazy….You have this myth you’re
sharing the birth experience. Unless you’re circumcising
yourself with a chain saw, I don’t think so. Unless you’re
opening an umbrella up your ass, I don’t think so!
-- Robin
Williams
We have a secret in our culture, and it’s not that birth is
painful. It’s that women are strong.
-- Laura Stavoe Harm
From what I have seen…human birth is a joyful experience
when properly rescued from arrogant male physicians who seem
to want total control over a process they cannot experience.
-- Stephen
Jay Gould
David, Angela, and baby Luna
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