The Christmas Religion Tomorrow and Tomorrow

A man is seldom so helpless as when his wife is locked in the painful struggle of giving birth. No one to give orders to, little to do—except to combat queasiness and fear. On the far side of the sexual divide, for the wife— so it appears—giving birth is a most earthy experience. Flesh of flesh, bone of bone, blood of blood. Strains, pressure, grunts, pushes, spasms, control, heaves, terrors, tensions, grippings, sudden screams, sweat.

Awesome.