I’m thrilled to announce that my article Birth Pleasure: Meanings, Politics, and Praxis has been included in the most recent publication of the Journal of the Motherhood Initiative, which has recently shifted to an online open-access format. Download the entire volume or just the articles that speak to you here: https://jarm.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/jarm/issue/view/2316
Abstract
Little research has directly focused on the spectrum of pleasure experienced in birth, which until now has lacked a scholarly description or definition. In this article, I present the concept of birth pleasure and offer an introduction and preliminary definition synthesized from published experiential accounts, existing research and scholarship, and relevant lay literature. Through an intersectional and matricentric feminist lens, I offer implications of including birth pleasure in birth justice praxis.
What do you think? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
