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Both create the prescriptions and the conditions in which choices are made or
blocked ; they are not " reality ” but they ... institutions and prescriptions for
behavior created by men have not necessarily accounted for the real lives of
women .
Both create the prescriptions and the conditions in which choices are made or
blocked ; they are not " reality ” but they ... institutions and prescriptions for
behavior created by men have not necessarily accounted for the real lives of
women .
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Motherhood as Experience and Institution Adrienne Cecile Rich. danths be ligh ,
let it but as exhaustively footnoted her book , creating the impression that it can
be read and criticized - like a doctoral thesis . Thus , the academic scholar finds it
...
Motherhood as Experience and Institution Adrienne Cecile Rich. danths be ligh ,
let it but as exhaustively footnoted her book , creating the impression that it can
be read and criticized - like a doctoral thesis . Thus , the academic scholar finds it
...
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23 Out of her body the woman created man , created woman , created continuing
existence . Spiritualized into a divine being , she was the source of vegetation ,
fruition , fertility of every kind . Whether she bore children or not , as potter and ...
23 Out of her body the woman created man , created woman , created continuing
existence . Spiritualized into a divine being , she was the source of vegetation ,
fruition , fertility of every kind . Whether she bore children or not , as potter and ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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