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| Saturday, 28 January 2012 11:13 |
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This principle also applies to every day living. You can’t let life drag you down the road kicking and screaming, unless you want to get battered and bruised. In this world, there are so many things that we cannot control and any attempt to do so would be strenuous but futile. Because of the very nature of the planet, there are some things we cannot escape. The ones that tend to leave a lasting impression will often be hardships. And just like being on a bus, there are some hardships that we are meant to endure. One of them is childbirth. I was listening to the radio on the way to work recently; quoting the Bible, the hosts announced that it is a man’s job to make money and a woman’s job to make babies. Yes, apparently that’s in the Bible – something about women bringing forth children in pain and men eating bread by the sweat of their faces. Now we all know that making money is not easy. But we also know that making babies is harder. In this age of laser eye treatments, non-invasive surgery, in vitro fertilisation and all the rest of it, you would think that someone would have figured out a painless way to have a natural birth. Why are women still breaking their backs to push out babies in the 21st Century? Well, apart from the fact that God said so. If men were the child bearers you can be sure that pain and childbirth would never even appear in the same sentence. Men cite epidurals (painkillers that are injected into the spinal cord) and Caesarean sections (being split open from one end to the other) as evidence of how far the science of childbirth has advanced. But the truth of the matter is, they would much rather be rich and sweaty, than female. I say all this because there comes a time in a woman’s life when all every man wants to know is when you’re going to settle down and have children. I’m all for settling down. As a matter of fact, I’m all for having children. What pains me, much like childbirth would, is having to hear these questions from men - people who wouldn’t recognise a new born baby’s head if it smacked them upside their own. I don’t go around asking men how much money they’ve made, or indeed, when they are going to start making money. I would appreciate the same courtesy as regards my capacity to make babies. That is all. Love and light, Julie This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites           |
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