Did you know that when obstetrics and gynecology was new, it was seen as absurd. Because midwives and clever-women had always dominated reproductive care and the idea of going to a man was ridiculous.
The American Medical Association needed to discredit midwives and clever-women. Part of that campaign was legal oppression, by making things like abortion illegal. This is the birth of the anti-abortion movement in America. Not moralists, but capitalists; same as it ever was.
Male gynecologists, too.
That took me some seconds. I wondered how their lack of hair mattered in any form.
Bald men shaving their own vaginas. Dogs and cats living together.
Did you know that when obstetrics and gynecology was new, it was seen as absurd. Because midwives and clever-women had always dominated reproductive care and the idea of going to a man was ridiculous.
The American Medical Association needed to discredit midwives and clever-women. Part of that campaign was legal oppression, by making things like abortion illegal. This is the birth of the anti-abortion movement in America. Not moralists, but capitalists; same as it ever was.
Haven’t heard cleverwoman used as a job description before. Do you know the origin?