A Child is Born
- Germaine Greer
Brief Summary:
In this essay, Germaine Greer presents a comparative study in the matters of pregnancy, childbirth and childrearing in a traditional and a modern society. Here in this context, the traditional society refers to the eastern society, and the modern society refers to the western society. According to the writer, there are various differences in the matter of child bearing. Child bearing is the matter of great celebration and joy in a traditional society. A pregnant woman is cared, loved and supported by all family members. She is respected by all and given complete attention. In her pregnancy period, she does not have any physic burden. But most of pregnant women have mental pressure because her all family members expect the birth of a son from her. Child bearing is not only the wish of a mother but also the pressure and desire of her family members. In her pregnancy, she is free to go to her mother’s house for sharing her happiness and even for giving birth to her baby. The mortality rate of mothers and infants is high in this society because of poor health service and equipment in hospitals. But in a modern society, child bearing is taken a trivial matter. A pregnant woman has to do her works herself. She has to do pre-natal and post-natal preparations herself. So, she has physic burden in her pregnancy. Child bearing is only the wish of spouses in this society. This society ignores cultures, values, celebration, etc. Hospitals with expensive modern machines are the birth places of babies. The mortality rate of mothers and infants is less due to modern technology.
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