Comments on: Small victories over corporate giant http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2005/02/11/small-victories-over-corporate-giant/ Just another mama musing about her kids, Attachment Parenting, green living, activism, living with an anxiety disorder, and life in general Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Beth Young http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2005/02/11/small-victories-over-corporate-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-22510 Beth Young Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:53:28 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/?p=17#comment-22510 I sure hope you care more about abortion than you care about the effects of an epidural on any unborn baby. I sure hope you care more about abortion than you care about the effects of an epidural on any unborn baby.

]]> By: Motrinmoms: Tying up the loose ends | Crunchy Domestic Goddess http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2005/02/11/small-victories-over-corporate-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-16172 Motrinmoms: Tying up the loose ends | Crunchy Domestic Goddess Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:06:18 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/?p=17#comment-16172 [...] Post* *Planning for a Home Birth* *Julian Emerson is Here!* *Announcing My New Store* *Small Victories Over Corporate Giant* Click here to join Lijit [...] [...] Post* *Planning for a Home Birth* *Julian Emerson is Here!* *Announcing My New Store* *Small Victories Over Corporate Giant* Click here to join Lijit [...]

]]> By: Running2Ks http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2005/02/11/small-victories-over-corporate-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Running2Ks Wed, 01 Jun 2005 01:58:00 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/?p=17#comment-27 I'm with you. First of all, birth is not a medical condition offering babies to be delivered by the doctor gods like some mystic pizzas. Every time society accepts as a pun or a matter-of-fact statement that puts down natural ways of doing things, it is just another death knell for a woman's right to choose the natural and healthy choices--the ones that help her to feel empowered and strong and the ones that are what was intended for her baby. Drugs and surgeries are supposed to be for a dangerous or overly stressful situation--not the norm. The be cavalier on a t-shirt is akin to people thinking that Hooters is just a restaurant about owls.--> I’m with you. First of all, birth is not a medical condition offering babies to be delivered by the doctor gods like some mystic pizzas. Every time society accepts as a pun or a matter-of-fact statement that puts down natural ways of doing things, it is just another death knell for a woman’s right to choose the natural and healthy choices–the ones that help her to feel empowered and strong and the ones that are what was intended for her baby. Drugs and surgeries are supposed to be for a dangerous or overly stressful situation–not the norm. The be cavalier on a t-shirt is akin to people thinking that Hooters is just a restaurant about owls.–>

]]> By: amygeekgrl http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2005/02/11/small-victories-over-corporate-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-26 amygeekgrl Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:01:00 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/?p=17#comment-26 Wheezer, I'm not going to accept name slinging on my blog. Please post respectfully. I want to keep the blog open so that everyone can post (not just registered users), but if name slinging continues, I will have to limit it to registered users only. Thank you, amygeekgrl Wheezer,

I’m not going to accept name slinging on my blog. Please post respectfully.

I want to keep the blog open so that everyone can post (not just registered users), but if name slinging continues, I will have to limit it to registered users only.

Thank you,
amygeekgrl

]]> By: wheezer http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2005/02/11/small-victories-over-corporate-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-25 wheezer Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:14:00 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/?p=17#comment-25 This post has been removed by a blog administrator. This post has been removed by a blog administrator.

]]> By: slightly watered down oatmeal papa http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2005/02/11/small-victories-over-corporate-giant/comment-page-1/#comment-24 slightly watered down oatmeal papa Mon, 21 Feb 2005 02:05:00 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/?p=17#comment-24 AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH the wonderful internet! I just love a place where people can come together and.....not answer any questions posed to them by someone who honesly wants to know. I don't ask rhetorical questions. I expect to be challenged in return. I like to think and be challenged and yes, even learn from other people and thier experiences- so, please don't be offended by the words I type. Imagine them being typed by your grandma/pa and respond as if I were a friend- I don't like to make enemies. American society is sooooo concerned with having and defending "correctness" and adhereing to bastians of dogmas that dissipate into idealistic gas when someone offers a counterpoint that we are thus rendered unable to engage in conversation with anyone who doesn't think like us-but this is a subject for another time and place- maybe another BLOG somewhere. So, I will try to keep this "short"- heh, heh. I think in my last post I was addressing two issues: 1. the issue of epidurals and the ethical questions associated with using them- which I feel that I have a right to speak too as a male. Men offer them as MD's, or would women only accept them if offered by a female MD and anesthesiologist because only they "know" and can speak to the physical results? Why can't daddy's have an opinion about them as husbands and fathers? This leads me into the second topic of what I felt were the larger issues: pregnancy, education, rights to choose in a consumer society and companionship decisions. Here again I spoke on these issues as a parent and a citizen of the USA and World that my children will grow up in. I am not going to apologize for having opinions and trying to influence others to consider my position as viable- but that's as far as I go. Do as you choose and we can agree to disagree. So, to the more pointed issue of never "having [known what] it's like to squeeze something the size of a watermelon out of a size of a melon" I never said that I had. The topic was not about experiences. The topic was about- well, you read it above. That's the angle that I am coming from. I didn't know that gender excluded me from being able to voice my opinions-? Maybe we should exclude all males from the entire process and then we won't have anything to talk about.(uh, I mean with this whole birthing thing for those who enjoy infering and inserting meta and sub narratives into BLOGS) Now it's your turn. Don't let your opinions wheeze for air, share them and let them gain strength from the experience- let me know about yours since you are so passionate about it- you might just influence mine. AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH the wonderful internet! I just love a place where people can come together and…..not answer any questions posed to them by someone who honesly wants to know. I don’t ask rhetorical questions. I expect to be challenged in return. I like to think and be challenged and yes, even learn from other people and thier experiences- so, please don’t be offended by the words I type. Imagine them being typed by your grandma/pa and respond as if I were a friend- I don’t like to make enemies. American society is sooooo concerned with having and defending “correctness” and adhereing to bastians of dogmas that dissipate into idealistic gas when someone offers a counterpoint that we are thus rendered unable to engage in conversation with anyone who doesn’t think like us-but this is a subject for another time and place- maybe another BLOG somewhere.
So, I will try to keep this “short”- heh, heh. I think in my last post I was addressing two issues:
1. the issue of epidurals and the ethical questions associated with using them- which I feel that I have a right to speak too as a male. Men offer them as MD’s, or would women only accept them if offered by a female MD and anesthesiologist because only they “know” and can speak to the physical results? Why can’t daddy’s have an opinion about them as husbands and fathers? This leads me into the second topic of what I felt were the larger issues: pregnancy, education, rights to choose in a consumer society and companionship decisions. Here again I spoke on these issues as a parent and a citizen of the USA and World that my children will grow up in. I am not going to apologize for having opinions and trying to influence others to consider my position as viable- but that’s as far as I go. Do as you choose and we can agree to disagree.
So, to the more pointed issue of never “having [known what] it’s like to squeeze something the size of a watermelon out of a size of a melon” I never said that I had. The topic was not about experiences. The topic was about- well, you read it above. That’s the angle that I am coming from. I didn’t know that gender excluded me from being able to voice my opinions-? Maybe we should exclude all males from the entire process and then we won’t have anything to talk about.(uh, I mean with this whole birthing thing for those who enjoy infering and inserting meta and sub narratives into BLOGS) Now it’s your turn. Don’t let your opinions wheeze for air, share them and let them gain strength from the experience- let me know about yours since you are so passionate about it- you might just influence mine.

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