Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 35
... becoming a boss ; the woman with children is a prey to far more compli- cated , subversive feelings . Love and anger can exist concurrently ; anger at the conditions of motherhood can become translated into anger at the child , along ...
... becoming a boss ; the woman with children is a prey to far more compli- cated , subversive feelings . Love and anger can exist concurrently ; anger at the conditions of motherhood can become translated into anger at the child , along ...
Page 194
... become " the ' devouring , ' ' domineering ' creature that their sons will have to reject in order to grow up mentally healthy , " or that they , and they alone , are responsible if their sons become " unnecessarily [ sic ] homosex- ual ...
... become " the ' devouring , ' ' domineering ' creature that their sons will have to reject in order to grow up mentally healthy , " or that they , and they alone , are responsible if their sons become " unnecessarily [ sic ] homosex- ual ...
Page 238
... become purged once and for all of our mothers ' bondage , to become individ- uated and free . The mother stands for the victim in ourselves , the unfree woman , the martyr . Our per- sonalities seem dangerously to blur and overlap with ...
... become purged once and for all of our mothers ' bondage , to become individ- uated and free . The mother stands for the victim in ourselves , the unfree woman , the martyr . Our per- sonalities seem dangerously to blur and overlap with ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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