The conversation circled around womanly issues, the perils and the woes. ‘I’ve got PCOS,’ one woman said. ‘I’ve got endometriosis,’ another replied. ‘I had a traumatic birth,’ yet another said. Around we went, lamenting the pitiful state of women’s health in Australia. Finally, one woman wrapped things up with a bombshell. ‘The only good thing […]
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A ‘Real’ Woman
I recently read Chocolat and, without giving spoilers away, there’s a bit when one of the characters falls pregnant. What follows is a rather euphoric description of this woman feeling ‘full’ and ‘satisfied’. As though being pregnant, and having children, makes a woman complete. I am not in any way deriding this novel, which was […]