Michel Odent didn’t write the article…!
So apparently the Daily Mail thinks it’s appropriate to write ‘by’ when it’s a piecemeal pile of snippets from an interview…
This Just In:
For the record, Michel Odent would like you to know:
About the pages in Daily Mail, first I was not the author of the article. It was written by a journalist after an interview on the phone. Also it is probable that people just read the sensational title. In fact I have never said that men ’should not be at the birth of their child’.
Warmest regards
Michel
Here’s an article that more eloquently defines his position: Is the Participation of the Father at Birth Dangerous?
*phew!* what a relief! Okay back to the scheduled programming (I’m glad I didn’t already do the rest of the series, let’s see where I’m gonna go with it now!)
Thanks everyone for the action alerts!!!!!
Love,
Heather
this musing replaces the musing: Woah! Michel Odent on Men at Births
and is kind of related to this musing:Some Thoughts On Men At Births!
janaki said,
April 29, 2008 @ 8:53 am
*whew* THAT’S a relief!!
sewathomemama said,
April 29, 2008 @ 4:04 pm
why does that article say “by Michel Odent”? that is extremely misleading. anyone know who actually conducted the interview & wrote the article?
msrlmoss said,
April 30, 2008 @ 3:03 am
Well, it’s hardly surprising. The Daily Mail over here in the UK is a right-winged, illiberal tabloid that masquerades as a “proper newspaper”. It is well-known for racism, misogyny, homophobia - and in fact general levels of bigotry - not to mention poor journalism and sensationalist stories. Of particular “interest” are its so-called “Femail” pages which contradict themselves with health-scare style stories almost every day and serve only to make women feel guilty about whatever it is they’re doing! (And yet the paper has a high female readership - go figure!)