In the ethnography, Birth as an American Rite of Passage, Robbie E. Davis-Floyd describes the modern birth process as one that is ritualistic and shaped by a technological society. Davis-Floyd argues that childbirth is a natural process that does not need to be controlled and manipulated by technology. In this work, Davis-Floyd interviewed one hundred middle class white women, who had access to, what she terms the technocratic model. The interviews were completed with women …
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…know, was produced by society, but in reality about a small percentage of all births have problems. The fear that I have about the birthing process shows that I am already subject to societal values and ideas. A mother's wish for a natural childbirth may need to be set aside if either the baby or she is in danger. Then, of course, she will need to accept the role technology plays in the birthing process.