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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.

In General, Talking About Human Rights Tends To Be Very Persuasive For People Who Care About Human Rights.

Sometimes I Wish Eastern Congo Could Suffer An Earthquake Or A Tsunami, So That It Might Finally Get The Attention It Needs. The Barbaric Civil War Being Waged Here Is The Most Lethal Conflict Since World War Ii And Has Claimed At Least 30 Times As Many Lives As The Haiti Earthquake.

Americans Of Faith Should Try As Hard To Save The Lives Of African Women As The Lives Of Unborn Fetuses.

I Have Often Tried To Tell The Story Of A Place Through People There.