I do not disagree with that at all! Please do not misunderstand me—I just have read two separate pieces about Black slang in the past 36 hours and both made it sound like that word had never existed. Clearly my friends did not have the reach of a musician or popularize the term. I’m only saying that compound word…

It’s entirely possible that two extremely common words were combined in two different contexts by two different social groups. However, the term that these articles are tracking originates, like so many other trending terms in the last 10 years, from the black community.

@PlasticKnives4You: if, in your life, you have managed to avoid doctors guilty of socially retarded hubris then bully for you. you'd be the only person i've ever heard make that claim, and i'm pretty old, but bully for you anyway.

@Moses Hightower: Because childbirth is not necessarily a medical issue. It can be, but is not necessarily. Not all home-birthed babies die or end up intellectually/physically disadvantaged, etc. Homebirth is just as safe as hospital birth for pregnancies that aren't high-risk.

@Moses Hightower: You might consider it to be simple rudeness. For a woman on a table who has had her personal ladybusiness violated without any forewarning, that may not be simple rudeness. Do you see what I mean?

@Buffalo_Gal: Ah, the condescension of first world guilt.

@DepecheNode: In my opinion, it is never okay to insert anything into my vagina without telling me. Speculum, fingers, penis... nothing. Tell me.

@Buffalo_Gal: Empathy is not a zero sum game.

@DarlingGirl: Okay, so what do you think women who have had their wishes ignored, and had things placed inside of them or told to stay in a certain position during labor?

@wowihateyou: Would you feel as uncomfortable with the word if a rape victim used it to describe her birth experience?

@Buffalo_Gal: Well, in the US we live in a privileged society.

@DepecheNode: Of course first in your mind is your child, but I think that's part of the problem. There are doctors who will tell you that you shouldn't care what they are doing as long as your baby is healthy. I'm sorry, but it's not that simple. I am assuming you have never had this sort of thing happen to you.

@Buffalo_Gal: Why on earth make this a pissing contest about who has it worse?

@Buffalo_Gal: Yeah but you should still have agency over your own body, whether you're rich, poor, whatever.

@DepecheNode: Okay, my friends and I have a concept that we call Happy Puppy Land. And in Happy Puppy Land, there is no racism or sexism and everyone is equal and everyone is treated fairly. (I'm going somewhere with this, so come with me, ok?)

@DepecheNode: They should not assume you know why they'd be touching you - to assess dilation? To break your water? To do an episiotomy? - they should tell you why. And ask first.

@DepecheNode: I've given birth twice, and yes, my midwife and nurses attending explained everything little thing to me. I appreciated it, and it allowed me to trust them when I was more vulnerable than any other time in my life. I can't even imagine if something was going wrong, and it was clear that things weren't…

@DepecheNode: "most women know that labor involves a doctor inserting his fingers and tools in her"

@DepecheNode: Uh, yes. A doctor is supposed to explain every single action he takes. When I go in for a gyno exam, even when I know that I am going to be getting the speculum and a pap smear (as an example), my doctor tells me exactly what she's doing as she's doing it. There should be no other way of doing things. It…

I recently read about a couple who had their baby taken away because their doctor advised C Section and they chose to do home birth instead. (The baby was fine, and ultimately shouldn't it be their choice?) So yes, I think the medical industry can be incredibly disempowering to women, which is why I'm greatful for the…