Saturday, August 03, 2019

Pain is not cute

You can't believe how many people, both men and women, would treat you better if you had merely been born in a different body.

It is worse elsewhere.

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/indian-female-farmers-womb-boost-productivity-190723201905906.html

"Pushpa, a farmer and mother of two, was 26 when she experienced heavy bleeding during her period and abdominal pain.

She took medicine for two years until a doctor advised a more serious 'cure.'

She soon became one of the many women in the villages of Beed district, which is in the Indian state of Maharashtra, to undergo a surgical procedure to remove her womb.

"'It was not an easy decision to make. But my husband encouraged me to do it, because the pain affected my work. The hysterectomy caused some hormonal imbalance and I put on weight,' said Pushpa, who is now 37."

~ D. Nighoskar

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