31 MAY 2012 by ideonexus

 The Danger of "Man-Midwifery"

The introduction of men into the lying in chamber in place of female attendants, has increased the suffering and dangers of childbearing women, and brought multiplied injuries and fatalities upon mothers and children; it violates the sensitive feelings of husbands and wives and causes an untold amount of domestic misery. The unlimited intimacy between a male profession and the female population silently and effectually wears away female delicacy and professional morality, and tends probably m...
Folksonomies: history obstetrics
Folksonomies: history obstetrics
  1  notes

1848 quote about the immorality and danger of male obstetricians.

09 MAY 2012 by ideonexus

 On Atoms Sharing Electrons

Saying that each of two atoms can attain closed electron shells by sharing a pair of electrons is equivalent to saying that husband and wife, by having a total of two dollars in a joint account and each having six dollars in individual bank accounts, have eight dollars apiece!
Folksonomies: metaphor intuition
Folksonomies: metaphor intuition
  1  notes

The idea that by sharing electrons they close their shells seems absurd.

03 MAY 2011 by ideonexus

 Marriage as a Partnership of Mutual Cooperation

The relationship between a mother and her child is fairly straightforward: Both are seeking roughly the same goal—the welfare of themselves and each other. The relationship between a man and his wife's lover or between a woman and her rival for a promotion is also fairly Straightforward: Both want the worst for each other. One relationship is all about cooperation, the ot other all about conflict. But what is the relationship between a woman and her husband? It is cooperation in the sense t...
  1  notes

Where the father seeks to reproduce and the mother seeks a provider for the children.