I ate a too hot omelette and burnt the roof of my mouth again.

Now it feels sensitive and fragile, again.

Why did we as a species, whom are omnivores, develop such thin mouth roofs?

Hippos can crush entire watermelons with their mouths, why didn’t we get a tough inner roof.

  • Soot [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    3·
    5 hours ago

    standing or squatting births, or other positions which are much safer

    Interesting, I was initially skeptical but this does seem probably the case. Western culture is so weird, dangit.

    • TiredTiger@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 hours ago

      Stems from medical misogyny dating back to the Victorian era. Birthing on one’s back is easier for a doctor to observe, and obstetrics centers the doctor over the person actually giving birth. Everything to stick it to the midwives, who actually knew what they were doing.