What makes Women So
Special?
I often hear
women claim men are wimps because they could never endure the pains and
discomfort of carrying and creating a baby for nine months and then suffer the
pain of child birth.
Granted,
several months of throwing up must be very uncomfortable. Having various foods make you ill is inconvenient.
Carrying extra weight around, being bloated, having back pain and bladder
issues are all things that men would complain about far more than any woman. Passing
a head many times larger than the orifice of exit? I’m pretty sure a man would
faint a few times during this process.
All these
things and more are excellent arguments for women being special and tougher
than men, but it misses the most impressive point.
Once
conception takes place the woman has no choice but to go through with the
process (yes, I know,
abortion is an option, but for sake of this post lets leave that out of the
discussion).
I believe
that if he had to, a man could and would go through all the pain and discomfort
associated with child birth. When you
have no choice, you can endure pain and discomfort, because...you have no
choice, so I believe men could undergo childbirth if it was possible.
The truly amazing
thing about women that does not get enough attention, is not their ability to
endure the morning sickness, tiredness, bloating, back pain, bladder issues of developing
a baby and the incredibly pain and endurance during many hours of delivering a
baby.
No, it is
something else that makes women so amazing.
There is something that women do that almost no man in the world ever
would or could do.
What is this
thing that women do?
Within a
year, and sometimes even within only a few months of going through nine months
of discomfort and several hours of the most intense pain and torture
imaginable, women will say,
“Let’s do that again!”
Yes, just
think about it; sure it takes guts and stamina and dedication to have a baby,
but experiencing how difficult and painful the process is and to then want to do
it again?
That is
really what makes women special!
I've had a baby and it wasn't easy. It's worth it though. You love them long before they are born. They are worth it, until they are teenagers. Then for a while you wonder why. We were meant to have the babies and that's okay with me.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day, Joe. My best to your wonderful wife. ☺
You just made my point that kidney stones are more painful than childbirth. You NEVER hear a man say, "I think I'll have another one."
ReplyDeleteI remember saying this as I was being wheeled into the delivery room with my 3rd kiddo: "I can't believe I did this on purpose". Not only that, I did it a fourth time. However, there were a few times in the teen years that I understood why some animals eat their young.
ReplyDeleteNow that's an interesting take on the matter.
ReplyDeleteMy opinion would be that what makes women special is the same thing that makes men special, that they are created in the image of G-d, their loving Creator.
I could ALMOST be persuaded to believe that a kidney stone is more painful than childbirth. Because I had a gallstone, and that pain was worse than birthing either of my big-headed boys, naturally. I got to the hospital too late for an epidural both times, my driver Hick delaying our departure so HE could have a shower. Or that pain could be because I knew I wasn't getting a little bundle of joy when that gallstone (and gallbladder) came out (surgically).
ReplyDeleteThis is because the pains of labour are over as soon as the baby is born and forgotten the second we hold that tiny little miracle who stares up at us with total dependence and trust that we fall in love with.
ReplyDeletePains are for all the peoples. Labor pain is very difficult to bear. But once when we see the little one all pain goes off. The remaining days we enjoy and do everything for the family where we don't realize the pain...
ReplyDeleteReading this had me feeling all maternal and that's not a good idea at my age!! However, were I 60 years younger, I would go through it all again. To hell with pain, it soon disappears.
ReplyDeleteI didn't think the 24 hours of childbirth were as bad as the actual 9 month pregnancies. I HATED being so huge!
ReplyDeleteWhy, thank you. We are all pretty special, each in our own way.
ReplyDeleteEspecially if we're fishduckies!!
DeleteAre you sure that's not just what makes us entirely nuts?
ReplyDeleteAll good points.
ReplyDeleteDo you suppose if men gave birth that we would have a world full of only children? Somehow I think you guys would also get that pain amnesia that hits when the baby is put in your arms.
ReplyDeleteThis is very sensitive topic which you brought with such brilliant lightness Joe! and i believe that no women can do it either
ReplyDeletethe process of crying baby for nine months and bearing all the suffering and pains till last horrible moment makes women SPECIAL
because somehow it softens her heart and smoothens her soul and may be this is why in the history of world no women killed numerous people like hitler or many unfortunate like him
this is why she has SPECIAL power to deal with worst circumstances and motherly touch in all her relationships
I have zero maternal inclinations, so I've never understood this one. I can't imagine going through all of that once, let alone multiple times. I'm told my dad apparently felt that he suffered enough during my birth (he's very squeamish) to immediately announce that he could never go through that again. It's still a sore topic with my mother, and I'm in my 30s!
ReplyDeleteWhat lowandslow said made me laugh out loud!
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