Rising costs and feminism bring back an ancient art
For most of the human species' existence, the delivery of babies has been the exclusive prerogative of women. It was only at the turn of this century that U.S. physicians, most of them then male, decided to put the delivery business into masculine hands.
The move was not sexist. It was simply part of the notion that all life's problems could best be corrected through technology. In difficult births, a midwife was clearly no match for a trained obstetrician, often backed by hospital facilities. In the...
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