[KS] Re: Anthropologists at large...

[Jaehoon Yeon]

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Well done, Roald.

Jaehoon

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From: maliang at wolmail.nl <Roald.Maliangkay at wolmail.nl>
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> Dear list members,
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> My junk mail filter automatically discards (censors) the "gynaecologists"
> postings. Funny that...
> 
> Roald Maliangkay
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> > From: HOLLEE MCGINNIS <holleem at usa.net>
> > Reply-To: korean-studies at iic.edu
> > Date: 1 Sep 00 11:52:27 EDT
> > To: korean-studies at iic.edu
> > Subject: Re: gynecologists
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> > Henny's description of some of the "mandatory" things that women giving birth
> > in Korea must experience (mother and baby being separated immediately, father
> > not being able to be in the room during delivery, shaving of pubic hair,
> > urinate and defecate is mandatory) reminds me of the experience my mother had
> > giving birth in the US back in the 1960s. My father wasn't allowed to be in
> > the room and was expected to wait outside. She had to have an enema and have
> > her pubic hair shaved. Everything was extremely sterile. My mother was shocked
> > at the "homey" room my sister-in-law gave birth in at the hospital when her
> > grandson was born. So may we be reminded that our "superior" Western medicine
> > has also only recently become more friendly towards childbirth as well?
> > 
> > Hollee
> > 
> > 
> >>> My wife is due in a couple of weeks and we found out a few curious facts
> >>> about gynecologists. First of all we have a hard time finding one, who
> >>> allows us to stay during the birth. We went to one, who didn't even
> >>> allowed me to stay during the internal investigation. Being the stubborn
> >>> Dutchman I am, of course I stayed. Pay in mind that in Holland it's still
> >>> customary that children are born at home and there are not many mothers
> >>> who would like to do that differently. A midwife comes to your house and
> >>> with the density of hospitals, in case something appears to be life
> >>> endangering, they can go to the hospital very soon.
> >>> 
> >>> First of all I was surprised that a cloth was hanging down so we couldn't
> >>> see what he was doing. Then the internal examination did hurt her a lot.
> >>> This is her second child and we never experienced anything like that
> > before.
> >>> 
> >>> The closer the delivery comes the stranger things we hear. The hands of
> >>> the women are bound during the delivery (mandatory), they have to walk, to
> > 
> >>> the delivery table as the child almost comes out, the vaginal cut is
> >>> obligatory and after the delivery she HAS to walk back to another room and
> > bed,
> >>> just imagine the pain after your vagina has been cut? I am a man, but I
> >>> had an operation in a similar region and I know it hurts like hell.
> >>> 
> >>> It is advised not to take a shower for at least 5 days, others mention a
> >>> period of three weeks. Also it is advised NOT to brush your teeth during a
> > 
> >>> couple of weeks. The hepatitis injection is mandatory and they still slap
> >>> the baby on the bottom. The mother and baby are separated immediately.
> >>> 
> >>> You get medicine to urinate and defecate also mandatory, also the shaving
> >>> of the pubic hair is mandatory.
> >>> 
> >>> I think this is a rude way to enter the world as a new world citizen and I
> > 
> >>> think it's especially stressful for the mother, but also for the child.
> >>> Who said that Koreans are very fond of children and value mothers?
> >> 
> >> "WOW!" I think that is the only word that can describe the feeling I am
> >> getting as I read these last few line of the most ethnocentric post I have
> >> ever read in an academic newsgroup/listserv. Very shocking.
> >> 
> >> Jason Parker
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >>> -----------------------------
> >>> Henny  (Lee Hae Kang)
> >>> 
> >>> Feel free to visit
> >>> http://www.henny-savenije.demon.nl
> >>> and feel the thrill of Hamel discovering Korea (1653-1666)
> >>> In Korean
> >>> http://www.henny-savenije.demon.nl/indexk2.htm
> >>> 
> > 
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