2026-05-05 13:09 UTC
Nevertheless, in the 18th century attempts were made to gender the term "midwife". The phrase "man-midwife" entered the vocabulary of physicians to describe male doctors who had recently got interested in attending births.
Then, physician John Maubray decided he didn't like that so coined his own term, the catchy "Andro-boethogynist" (man who helps women). Suffice to say, he did not make "Andro-boethogynist" happen.
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@leeloo@c.im 2026-05-05 17:02
@vagina_museum So, the person being with the wife and the man-person being with the wife. Person and man-person. (And then it occurred to me that we actually have the term man-person in Danish ("mandsperson"). I do not recall an equivalent term for a woman-person).
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@ehproque@neopaquita.es 2026-05-05 18:11
@vagina_museum like "manwhohasitall" would have said: "gentleman midwife"