The birth of a child may be one of the most astonishing experiences in a women's life. ... Giving birth can be a blessing and a curse for many women at different stages of their life but for many of us it's always seen as a great milestone. The first voice gives the perspective of what it is like for most women as they give birth. ... In contrast the second voice portrays what it is like to give birth in a very stressful environment and the challenges women face with miscarriages. ... She eventually grows sick just about everything that men do and do not do, such as giving birth ...

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Some people choose this method to solve the solution because they feel it is necassary; some use it as a form of birth control. ... Having this done is fine under the right circumstances; some women choose to abuse the method wrongly using it for birth control. ... Instead of getting one's tubes tied or just simply taking birth control pills, they choose to keep paying lots of money to have the fetus killed. ... Wouldn't this solve the problem of using this as birth control? ...

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A woman, preoccupied with giving birth and breastfeeding, is trapped in immanence. Similar to Chinese culture in the past, the function of woman was only giving birth. ... The human culture, writes Simone de Beauvoir, has given supremacy to the sex that hunts and kills, and not to the one that gives birth, to masters of nature and not to the natural functions. ...

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Most importantly my existence is bestowed upon her grievance and pain she had to bear during my birth. My birth was the most exalting period of her live but it was adulation for me to have mother like her. ...

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The sad thing though is that a lot of young girls these days take advantage of that and look to abortion as a method of "birth control" (if you can even call it that). ... They each go over the alternatives they were given at the time and wonder why they didn't choose to instead give up their child for adoption or why they weren't serious enough about birth control. ...

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There are other resources like birth control, which includes emergency contraceptives, but we should try to offer as many options as possible because women can't always access those resources and we don't want these numbers to increase. ... People always talk about how it's immoral to have an abortion, but it's immoral to force a woman to give birth! Forcing a woman to give birth is not very different than raping a woman. ...

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After marriage ceremony was over being with my husband, I was put under great pressure to give birth to a son. ... Due to these privileges, I, by giving birth to a son makes myself appreciated more than when I give birth to a daughter. As a result, my husband has always put me under pressuring to give birth to a large number of children since I have more daughters than sons. ... Besides the oppression that I underwent after marriage in line with the social status of my husband as already mentioned I was required to give birth to a son who would be the legitimate heir and carry on the name of m...

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Personally, as a young woman living in the 21st century, I strongly disagree with women using abortion as a major form of birth control. ... But, 65% of the respondents said they would be likely to consider them a form of birth control rather than abortion. ... But, I still believe there should be more restrictions placed on the availability of abortions and that abortions should not be used as a major form of birth control. ... Once again, this leads me to believe that the majority of American women do not believe that abortion should be used as a major form of birth control and that th...

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"And it was a matter for joy to Wang Lung that this slave gave birth to a girl, for if it had been a boy she would have been proud and have claimed a place in the family." ... It was a shame to bear a female child and in some cases they may kill her at birth because she would be too much of a burden. ... A woman's very first day of trouble is said to start on the day of her birth" (Chinese women's status in Traditional China, p. 1). ...

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However it is ironic to note that they have turned this side of their "values" on its head - women are not only forbidden to abort unwanted babies, but are forced into a culture where their only purpose is to give birth to healthy babies, "we are two legged wombs, that's all: sacred vessels, ambulatory chalices". ... Additionally, men may not attend "Birth Days". This is significant, because Birth is the most important part of the society, and men are not present representing another area of power for the women in society. ...

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It doesn't stop them, after the birth, Mothers have to care for the new babies and still be wives for their husbands at the same time. ... Moreover, it is a fact that after child-birth, most women go through that is known as " baby blues" a deep depression that occur due to hormone unbalance and other stuffs that come with pregnancy. ... Those usually started with the pregnancy and goes persist after birth. ...

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There is no mention of women, and naturally so, because in that time, during the birth of our nation, they received no recognition in our country, and all over the rest of the world. ... Not only is it painful, but also countless women have died when giving birth. ... Wade trial legalized abortion, and previous to the benefits of birth control, a woman was a slave to her own body. ...

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Armand had changed to a kinder man after his marriage and the birth of his son and it may have been the only time in his life he was truly happy. ... As soon as society discovered Desiree had given birth to a black child, it would mean social destruction for her. ...

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During the Age of Reformation many believed that immorality began to take hold of the people. Women especially were accused and punished for many actions including, unwed pregnancies, "inficide", witchcraft, and women who sought to live independently or rather without a superior male. Many women wer...

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Women in the Seneca tribe were often faced with harsh trials of life, including troubled pregnancies, short marriages with often absent husbands, and rough phases to face with their young children. When a woman became pregnant, her responsibilities did not end. She was not able to sit back and rel...

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Victorian views on marriage The Victorian society held rigid views on marriage and the role of women in life. Most women regarded marriage as a fact of nature. It was an important part of their life plan, as important as giving birth. In the mid-19th century, reproduction was considered a ...

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Since Horse undergoes severe changes through the course of the story he would be classified as a dynamic character. The white man from Boston headed west to seek a future. A tribal group of Native Americans make him their captive. Naked and barefoot the white man is treated like a horse by...

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The story is about a father and son. The son is an intern, within the medical field, observing his father who is a doctor. His father brought the son along to witness a rare birth by a woman across the water. He explains to the son how babies are usually born head first but in this case the baby was...

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They saw life as a cycle of birth, death and rebirth. ... A mother named her child immediately following birth to make sure the child would have a name and place in the afterlife. ... A more acceptable answer was adoption and due to the short life expectancy and high birth rate there was always a supply of orphaned children in need. ...

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"Grandmother was born with a misshapen birth skull...when the village midwife pronounced...Poh-Poh hideous, the judgment stayed"(Choy, 42). ... "Women were victims of discrimination from the very moment of their birth...an infant girl could be smothered to death at birth or sold at a very early age. ...

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The circumstances of her birth and upbringing had already linked her with slavery and migration.7 Since migration was a vital part of Elizabeth Marsh's life she is instantly connected to modernity and change8 which are also important aspects of social history. ... Since a net has holes in it many things are left behind and not included such as life-parts, body-parts and the birth identity of Elizabeth Marsh's mother.18 Social history can easily due do the same. ... Also, after 1730, every child who was born from a natural born Protestant "father" was also considered a n...

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Boys are considered to be the center of the universe which explains the fact that a woman reaches ultimate fulfillment and becomes a real woman only when she gives birth to a boy. The birth of a girl is not viewed to be fulfilling as the girl is considered 'paraya dhan' that is she belongs to somebody else, to her husband. The birth of a girl is considered a headache, especially for the poor as a dowry needs to be amassed so the girl can be wedded off properly. ... She is the daughter, the wife of Nathan and though at first begets only a daughter, Irawaddy and no sons, ultimately ...

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In the Canterbury Tales written by Geoffry Chaucer, we find a particular tale that gives us a moral that we can use even today. The Wife of Bath's tale tells us a lot about women and what women want in a relationship. The tale is related by the Wife of Bath, Alison. Chaucer described her in the Ge...

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Some states a women freedom to have an abortion has been limited. Because of this, many women have had abortions by people not medically licensed to perform them. Many of these unlicensed people have used instruments causing illness or death. Without a woman's right to do what she chooses with her...

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Gender Roles Starting from birth every human is given a gender and from that point the roles one must play throughout life starts. Males are taught by society to be aggressive, show power, and never ever show signs of weakness (crying.) Females are taught to be polite, submissive, and respectfu...

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