I'm Ready To Get Back To Pynchon Now...OUWWWWCH!

tejas tbsamsel at richmond.infi.net
Thu Sep 25 05:29:58 CDT 1997


Schwitterz wrote:
> 
> >Concerning the pain suffered by women compared to men:
> >
> >A friend doing Natural Childbirth Trust training came back from one class
> >with a tale of some tribe where at childbirth the male partner crouched in
> >the rafters of the hut with a cord tied round his balls and the loose end
> >gripped by the woman below as she gave birth.  This ensured that he shared
> >in the pain of the experience.
> 
> I'll stick to "testosterone impeded EMPATHY" thank you very much...

Couvade can be fun....

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