[the_af]

"Sacred"? It of course has lots of satisfactions -- why would you have babies otherwise? -- but it's also energy draining and it can drive mothers to exhaustion and a feeling of isolation that can lead to depression.

And it's also bad for the fathers. Why wouldn't you want to spend more time with your kid? You made him/her, after all.

[ip26]

I'm not religious, but I suppose it is sacred after a fashion- to our species, whom without it, will quickly cease to exist.

[i_haz_rabies]

If anything is sacred, it seems like this would be it.