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After the violence of the childbed, women were then expected to perform domestic labor that was expressly gendered and acknowledged as backbreaking.
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“Childbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/childbed. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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childbed
noun
child·bed
-ˌbed 
: the condition of a woman in childbirth
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