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When you say “we”, I assume that means you’re a woman who has given birth without painkillers?

Or a child of such woman? Or... The society as a whole has an interest in keeping itself healthy. We should look for the solution together.

I think they were remarking that saying "we should suffer trough the pain" is very cheap to do if you're not a woman who knows the pain herself.

I do not think it is about the form. I believe it is about whether we can make others sacrifice for the common good. And this discussion involves us all.

Sure, but it’s also very damning to discussion. What if you are 45. As a woman, you’ve already had all the kids that you are likely to have. If you already used painkillers in the 2000s, you are now forever “unqualified” to speak despite your regrets.

And on the other end, people who haven’t given birth yet are disqualified for speaking about thing they might actually do. How can one make up their mind, and drum up community support without talking about the issue?

My wife did. She stuck it out through a pretty painful episiotomy as well.

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