Setting aside the inaccuracy here about my personal life, I'd like to ask an open Philosophical question: what's wrong with a woman marrying a man for financial security? Or a man marrying a woman primarily for the sexual benefits? Does love have to be the *primary* benefit of a marital union?
Do marriages based upon love last?
This paper is a companion to "Is Woman an 'Object' in The Torah?". It explores biblical deviations from marriages that involve love in The Hebrew Bible. The paper highlights the Hebrew terms Master-אדני, Baal-בעל and
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Elohim promised in The Torah that if Their people follow The Torah, they will be blessed in pregnancy and childbirth. All of my pregnancies have been with no complications and each of my births was successfully completed at home with no severe complications. I had only the following issues appear which I don't see as complications, just variations: (baby #1)--internal lip, (baby #4)--shock (in me)/I passed out, baby #6--baby turned reverse/posterior
Sidenote: The internal lip that particular midwife saw may just have been my hymenal ring and the shock may have just been some arnica I took internally. I didn't read until later that arnica causes side effects like shock.
Of course, you can't escape the physical condition of the human body. Pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing put work on the female body. It's a form of manual labor. It's knowing how to manage it with proper exercise and nutrition, just as an athlete would. It's also the reason eventually the female uterus stops being able to conceive at some point (menopause). Can't keep producing forever!
My body is keeping up so far. I can still do the splits, I can still touch my toes bent over. I usually suffer from lower back pain but I think that's because I forget to stretch after hard days. I think the manual labor that comes along with child rearing is actually the harderpart. There's so many physical demands with breastfeeding, grocery shopping, cleaning, organizing, field trips, etc.
I think if a woman follows The Torah, which includes a proper nutritional diet, she had the best chances of being physically whole after being multiparous.
Personal experience is another way of knowing. True, it can lead to something called "availability bias". But it can also lead to Facts and Truth.
I'm also a good specimen because I've never taken birth control so I don't have estrogen left in my system that can mess with Ecological Breastfeeding outcomes.
I am also a citizen of the NATION of Israel
(Not to be confused with STATE of Israel)
I have a lot of reasons to live. Looking forward to so much this year!