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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have not had a miscarriage myself, but I know women who have, and some of them have had to fight to get the miscarriage recognized as a birth and/or a death that allowed them to take leave from work. Many have felt that miscarriages are swept under the rug and not recognized as something needing recognition, maybe because they only happen to women. One friend has fought on Capitol Hill to have women granted leave for miscarriages. So in general I am in favor of more representation of the actual pain and trauma that can sometimes be involved in miscarriages so that people stop expecting women to just flush the toilet and go on with their lives as though everything were normal. [/quote]

Hollywood typically uses much of what happens to women as throw away storylines to set up whatever is their “real” story. Rape or kill woman in first 5 minutes so next hour the main characters can chase the bad guy. Miscarriages usually given no more thought in a show than to say it happened. Exception: Yellowstone gave additional scene where the mom told “That boy lived a perfect life, Monica. We’re the only ones who know it was brief. All he knew was you. And that you loved him.” [/quote]

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