In many traditional societies the childbirth environment is considered to be more powerful psychologically than physically. Sexual, simulative and religious imagery is employed to influence the parturient woman's feelings about the birth as a positive and active experience. The psychological assumptions involved appear to differ from western "natural" childbirth, and suggest a more holistic approach to birth experience. (Birth 12:l Spring, 1985)
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