Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 21
... body , finally truthful , paid me back in the end : I was al- lergic to pregnancy . I have come to believe , as will be clear throughout this book , that female biology - the diffuse , intense sensuality radiating out from clitoris ...
... body , finally truthful , paid me back in the end : I was al- lergic to pregnancy . I have come to believe , as will be clear throughout this book , that female biology - the diffuse , intense sensuality radiating out from clitoris ...
Page 47
... body and body . The identification with an- other woman's orgasm as if it were one's own is one of the most intense interpersonal experiences : noth- ing is either " inside " me or " outside " at such mo- ments . Even in autoeroticism ...
... body and body . The identification with an- other woman's orgasm as if it were one's own is one of the most intense interpersonal experiences : noth- ing is either " inside " me or " outside " at such mo- ments . Even in autoeroticism ...
Page 220
... body to be im- pure ; he did not like its natural smells . His incor- poreality was a way of disengaging himself from that lower realm where women sweated , excreted , grew bloody every month , became pregnant . ( My mother became aware ...
... body to be im- pure ; he did not like its natural smells . His incor- poreality was a way of disengaging himself from that lower realm where women sweated , excreted , grew bloody every month , became pregnant . ( My mother became aware ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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