The sweat of hard work is not to be displayed. It is much more graceful to appear favored by the gods.
Normal birth to me should not be numb from the waist down and waiting for the doctor to tell you to push. There's a reason we feel it. There's a reason we need to feel it.
I used to make fun of young people when I was 17 - the angst, the insecurities, all those tattoos.