I thought it was a reference to the "bring forth your children in pain" curse laid on Eve...
And no, I don't know why I would know about that ritual because my mother's idea of bringing me into womanhood was to show me where the box of pads lived in the cabinet. (The box of pads that must never just be set on the back of the toilet, lest people see them!!!! I have said before that if there hadn't been sex ed in school, I would have had no idea about the whole thing and probably spent my entire first period trying to hide it from my mother so she wouldn't be mad at me for whatever I'd done wrong to cause it. And then my mom would have punished me for trying to hide it...)
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Date: Wed, Feb. 7th, 2007 06:49 pm (UTC)And no, I don't know why I would know about that ritual because my mother's idea of bringing me into womanhood was to show me where the box of pads lived in the cabinet. (The box of pads that must never just be set on the back of the toilet, lest people see them!!!! I have said before that if there hadn't been sex ed in school, I would have had no idea about the whole thing and probably spent my entire first period trying to hide it from my mother so she wouldn't be mad at me for whatever I'd done wrong to cause it. And then my mom would have punished me for trying to hide it...)