Culture of giving birth: Research on the issue of violence against women during delivery

Abstract

The paper deals with the issue of the fragile connection between social sciences, humanistic sciences and feminism, arguing in favor of their closer mutual influence. In the framework of this approach, paper presents the results of the part of the research "Politics of Parenthood", based on the feminist approach. The paper analyzes the delivery (giving birth) as an important ritual in the life cycle of the largest number of women, through which power relations in society manifest, and women are subdued. Research on the issue of violence against women during delivery is part of the broader research dealing with the social construction of women's bodily experience and female body as a social resource, in the processes that reflect and at the same create gender inequality.