Pretty Pushers is a company based in the US that is selling a birthing kit that includes lip gloss, a mirror, a dress, a lemon-water towelette, and heated massage oil. Can we find anymore ways to place even more pressure on women to "look their best" in every aspect of their lives? I mean, socially it's expected that women hide their bodily "troubles" like menstruation, passing gas, pooping, sexuality and now during childbirth (when it's arguably one of the most painful moments of one's life) one must repress any expression of discomfort in an effort to be presentable. As if child birth wasn't hard enough!
- Alice
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I totally agree! I once saw a show on Oprah where Jenny McCarthy came on and she said that when she gave birth, she pooped! And that it is actually normal for that to happen! And everyone in the audience laughed and laughed, but honestly, if some of these women had given birth, wouldn't they know this as well? BUT I have never ever everrr heard it ANYWHERE that this happens! All I hear is how glamorous giving birth is, but nothing about the TRUE reality of it! And as you said, this packaging totally covers up the entire truth about giving birth and forces women to maintain their dignity when the actual process is truly painful!
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