{"id":24717,"date":"2017-11-10T15:15:25","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T15:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=24717"},"modified":"2017-11-10T15:15:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T15:15:25","slug":"what-do-you-think-of-male-midwives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/business-culture\/what-do-you-think-of-male-midwives","title":{"rendered":"What do you think of male midwives?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>There are more than 40,000 registered midwives in the UK and 188 of them are men. With a growing number of males in the profession, people in Cardiff were asked what they thought of men helping women give birth.<\/h2>\n<p>Only 0.4% of registered midwives in the UK are men, according to figures provided by the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Assisting women with childbirth has traditionally been viewed as a job for females.<br \/>\nThe term midwife means \u201cthe person who is with the woman at childbirth\u201d and it comes from Old English, \u201cmid\u201d meaning with, and \u201cwif\u201d meaning \u201cwoman\u201d.<br \/>\nUp until 40 years ago, only women were allowed to train to be midwives. It remains an uncommon occupation for men even though according to the Higher Education Statistics Agency, men make up 1.1% of university-level midwifery students in the UK. \u00a0People in Cardiff were asked about their opinions of male midwives.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Celina, 31, Botanist<\/h4>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_24730\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24730\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24730 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Celina-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24730\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24730 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Celina-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Celina \u00a9 George Caulton<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019ve discussed this with a friend. I do agree with it. What\u2019s the problem? It\u2019s just gender, what\u2019s the matter?\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Katrina, 22, Charity fundraiser<\/h4>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_24733\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24733\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24733 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Katrina-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24733\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24733 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Katrina-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Katrina \u00a9 George Caulton<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cI think that\u2019s brilliant. I don\u2019t know. In the situation maybe I\u2019d be a bit confused. It\u2019s nice to associate with who you\u2019re talking to and working with but I think it\u2019s great.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Hannah, 21, Students&#8217; Union Front of House<\/h4>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_24740\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24740\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24740 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Hannah-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24740 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Hannah-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Hannah \u00a9 George Caulton<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cThey\u2019re just normal midwives aren\u2019t they? They\u2019re qualified, they know what they\u2019re doing. If they can help someone through labour then that\u2019s fantastic.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Thomas, 28, Charity fundraiser<\/h4>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_24744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24744\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24744 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Thomas-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24744 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Thomas-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Thomas \u00a9 Alex Sidwell<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cYeah I don\u2019t have a problem with it. I wouldn\u2019t have a problem with it. I don\u2019t have any experience of childbirth.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Ruth, 24, Assistant Gallery Manager<\/h4>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_24745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24745\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24745 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Ruth-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24745 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Ruth-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Ruth \u00a9 George Caulton<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cInitially it would be a shock but I\u2019d be perfectly fine. It\u2019s a profession. They\u2019re there because they love the job. Yeah, I think I\u2019d be alright with it.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Geoff, 22, Students&#8217; Union Front of House<\/h4>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_24748\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24748\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-24748 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Geoff-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24748 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/11\/Geoff-625x351.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"351\" \/><\/noscript> Geoff \u00a9 George Caulton<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cEquality is equality. I think women are qualified to do men\u2019s jobs and vice versa, so if they\u2019re suitable for the job I don\u2019t see why they shouldn\u2019t be doing it.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in Cardiff were asked what they thought of men assisting women with childbirth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":431,"featured_media":24724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"coauthors":[668],"class_list":["post-24717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-culture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What do you think of male midwives? 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