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gkhouston

(21,642 posts)
37. "Able" isn't the same thing as "ready".
Tue Apr 10, 2012, 02:57 PM
Apr 2012

Women tend to have more complications at both extremes of the fertility spectrum.

Words fail me and they rarely do. virgogal Apr 2012 #1
I wanna know how she got... one_voice Apr 2012 #2
Apparently this isn't the first such case from this tribe. TheWraith Apr 2012 #3
I heard from a man at the grocery store some years ago Yo_Mama Apr 2012 #9
The elephant in the room is who and what it takes to get any female pregnant. nanabugg Apr 2012 #36
that is vile cindyperry2010 Apr 2012 #4
It's certainly not unheard of. Mz Pip Apr 2012 #5
Wait, she is a a member of an indigenous tribe? nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #6
True it does, so why not look at the tribe in question without a cultural bias? Rex Apr 2012 #14
I knw the drill nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #15
I never bought into the cultural relativism thing, no matter Liquorice Apr 2012 #17
Here news to you nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #19
+1 Auggie Apr 2012 #32
My favorite story about cultural relativism: Johnny Rico Apr 2012 #20
Thank you. nt redqueen Apr 2012 #24
Excellent. kiva Apr 2012 #34
Very good question, I didn't think a 10 Rex Apr 2012 #21
2-3 Standard deviations early? One_Life_To_Give Apr 2012 #23
Reading about that now...totally floored. Rex Apr 2012 #31
2000 years ago? How about 55 years ago, in the US? Mariana Apr 2012 #27
The tribe might think some of our customs disgusting. HooptieWagon Apr 2012 #7
that is true and sorry if i sounded ethnocentric cindyperry2010 Apr 2012 #10
The world is a horribly sad and disheartening place..Horrendous tragedies occur daily, if not hourly Rowdyboy Apr 2012 #8
I met a doctor who performed his first abortion on a ten year old. undeterred Apr 2012 #11
My ex had an 11-year old get pregnant in his 6th grade class... David__77 Apr 2012 #12
It's not. There's a reason the marriage age Mariana Apr 2012 #28
GOP poster child. Downwinder Apr 2012 #13
What is the GOP? nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #16
World's youngest mother was FIVE..... steve2470 Apr 2012 #18
When a girl gets her period, her body is ready to carry a child. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #22
Do you have a link for that? Nikia Apr 2012 #29
No. I was speaking historically. YellowRubberDuckie Apr 2012 #39
I dunno, my daughter's pelvis was awfully narrow Mariana Apr 2012 #30
"Able" isn't the same thing as "ready". gkhouston Apr 2012 #37
Exactly. redqueen Apr 2012 #38
i don't have a medical degree and I'm completely appalled at the thought of this. Initech Apr 2012 #25
Workers rights are a western invention, redqueen Apr 2012 #26
+1 nt TBF Apr 2012 #35
Wayuu gotta be like that? Typical NYC Lib Apr 2012 #33
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