25 Cheshvan/12 November, 2009
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bearshortyThis morning I wrote question 5. It took me a while to think up the question but I think it should be good, if they actually understand the readings. The classes went well; we did some reading in class. I think the second class will have much harder time with this reading, but I keep telling myself that I need to prepare them for Expos.
My book review for JBS is getting officially published in April. Yay!
This is a great paragraph from “Half the Sky”:
“In most societies, mythological or theological explanations were devised to explain why women should suffer in childbirth, and they forestalled efforts to make the process safer. When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were ‘supposed’ to suffer. One of the few societies to take a contrary view was the Huichol tribe in Mexico. The Huichol believed that the pain of childbirth should be shared, so the mother would hold on to a string tied to her husband’s testicles. With each painful contraction, she would give the string a yank so that the man could share the burden. Surely if such a mechanism were more widespread, injuries in childbirth would garner more attention.” (116-7)
The statistics on maternal mortality in the world that the book provides are staggering. While in Ireland a woman has a lifetime chance of dying in childbirth be 1 in 47,600 and in Italy 1 in 26,600, in USA it is 1 in 4,800, in India 1 in 70, in sub-Saharan Africa 1 in 22 and in Niger 1 in 7. (99) These numbers are just insane. I also liked his point that in US maternal mortality only started to really decline when women got the right to vote and suddenly mattered more to allocate funds.
Bones S5E7. As many episodes of Bones this was a bit schizophrenic. The case itself about a “midget wrestler” called “Iron leprechaun” was offensive on many levels. But the episode also had Stephen Fry as former psychologist Gordon Gordon Wyatt now turned chef. This is the third or fourth appearance for Stephen Fry and as usual the scenes with him are interesting. And the characters actually get to talk about and acknowledge the love thing. Booth himself got to talk about it, and it was great to see his point of view because he is convinced that Brennan doesn’t love him and that are too dissimilar. But this season so far is a bit lacking. I continue to like “The Simpsons” shout-outs on all Fox shows this week. It took me a while to get they had Homer himself play a security guard among few other references.
My book review for JBS is getting officially published in April. Yay!
This is a great paragraph from “Half the Sky”:
“In most societies, mythological or theological explanations were devised to explain why women should suffer in childbirth, and they forestalled efforts to make the process safer. When anesthesia was developed, it was for many decades routinely withheld from women giving birth, since women were ‘supposed’ to suffer. One of the few societies to take a contrary view was the Huichol tribe in Mexico. The Huichol believed that the pain of childbirth should be shared, so the mother would hold on to a string tied to her husband’s testicles. With each painful contraction, she would give the string a yank so that the man could share the burden. Surely if such a mechanism were more widespread, injuries in childbirth would garner more attention.” (116-7)
The statistics on maternal mortality in the world that the book provides are staggering. While in Ireland a woman has a lifetime chance of dying in childbirth be 1 in 47,600 and in Italy 1 in 26,600, in USA it is 1 in 4,800, in India 1 in 70, in sub-Saharan Africa 1 in 22 and in Niger 1 in 7. (99) These numbers are just insane. I also liked his point that in US maternal mortality only started to really decline when women got the right to vote and suddenly mattered more to allocate funds.
Bones S5E7. As many episodes of Bones this was a bit schizophrenic. The case itself about a “midget wrestler” called “Iron leprechaun” was offensive on many levels. But the episode also had Stephen Fry as former psychologist Gordon Gordon Wyatt now turned chef. This is the third or fourth appearance for Stephen Fry and as usual the scenes with him are interesting. And the characters actually get to talk about and acknowledge the love thing. Booth himself got to talk about it, and it was great to see his point of view because he is convinced that Brennan doesn’t love him and that are too dissimilar. But this season so far is a bit lacking. I continue to like “The Simpsons” shout-outs on all Fox shows this week. It took me a while to get they had Homer himself play a security guard among few other references.
