Word: wombs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...WOMB OF ONE'S OWN is Harvard's first sampling of what its creators call "women's theater," i.e. works written, produced, and directed by women about women. As the pioneer of its genre in Harvard theater, the play poses important questions about the educational value of women's theater--and of political art in general. Should women's art simply nurture and celebrate a separate female culture, or must we demand of political art a statement about a specific issue...
...Womb of One's Own attempts to do both. The "evening of works by women" is divided into six skits, the last and best of which is a one-act play by feminist Myrna Lamb entitled, "What Have You Done for Me Lately?", while the others are short vignettes written by four Radcliffe undergraduates. "What Have You Done for Me Lately?" is political art at its best, for it entertains first and instructs second. Lamb's play opens in the recovery room of a hospital as the male patient (Gary Kowalski) awakens to the piercing stare of the female surgeon...
...decade ago, just one out of 20 babies born in the U.S. was, in Shakespeare's phrase, "from his mother's womb untimely ripp'd." Doctors performed caesareans only in cases in which normal delivery was impossible, or the patient refused to endure vaginal delivery. Now, there has been a sharp upswing in the number of caesareans. Last year at least one out of every ten babies in the U.S. was delivered surgically. At major medical centers, which tend to handle more problem pregnancies, the share is even higher. The University Hospitals of Cleveland at present deliver...
...forceps delivery, in which the baby's soft skull may be squeezed and the brain damaged, a caesarean is far more likely to produce healthy youngsters. Improved monitoring techniques also favor surgery. Because machines can reveal almost instantly if the baby's heartbeat or position in the womb is abnormal, many doctors now automatically take the caesarean route when difficulties are encountered. As a result, risky breech births-in which the baby's head is not pointing downward and must be manipulated with instruments-are easily avoided...
...scores of biomedical research facilities that use rhesuses for testing the effects of diet, drugs and other chemicals in relation to a wide variety of human diseases, notably cardiovascular disorders and cancer. Two important studies involve examination of the rhesus fetus while it is still in the womb, letting the pregnancy continue and checking hemoglobin changes that occur about the time of birth, which may be significant in relation to sickle-cell anemia...