Today's baby clinic was officially the busiest ever. Partly due to the half-term break, partly because my nurse, who usually does at least half of the immunisations, was on leave. This meant i saw 18 babies, and immunised 14 of them. I also saw 2 "emergency" adult cases, though in the event neither was a true emergency. I always find I am more tired after a baby clinic then any other clinic, though I also get a bigger sense of having made a positive difference to the community than for any other work I do. This time, however, I feel completely drained.
COMMENT
I was appalled to hear the results of a recent attitude survey on the subject of rape. While I wasn't surprised to hear a majority of men appear to think that rape is half the woman's responsibility, horrifically, more than 50% of women, felt the same way. Back in the seventies, I remember a famous anthem of the women's movement:
"Whatever we wear and wherever we go
Yes means yes and no means no"
What happened to that? Now we seem to be back to the medieval position where if a woman wears short skirts or a plunging neckline, then she deserves whatever she gets. This is DISGRACEFUL. It completely ignores the fact that rape is not about some ridiculous fantasy of a man's rampant sexual desire getting the better of him. The truth is very different: rape is about domination, control, power and degradation, and very little to do with erotic feelings. This is hard, apparently, for a lot of people to accept, but it is no less true for that.
Thank God legislation isn't driven by public opinion; if it were we'd still be hanging, flogging and transporting sheep stealers to Australia.
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