TIL the Aztecs regarded childbirth as a form of battle. Women who died during childbirth were thought to rise to one of the highest heavens - the same one as for male warriors who died in battle.
TIL the Aztecs regarded childbirth as a form of battle. Women who died during childbirth were thought to rise to one of the highest heavens - the same one as for male warriors who died in battle.
www.mexicolore.co.uk /aztecs/aztec-life/giving-birth-was-fighting-a-battle
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Well it is a battle because our stupid ass species evolved huge ass heads without changing the size of the birth canal...
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What is this?
Whoa what a throwback
Well, or because we became bipods and made the birth canal smaller
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