Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 44
... developed the institution we know : the present - day patriarchal family with its supernaturalizing of the penis , its division of labor by gender , its emotional , physical , and material pos- sessiveness , its ideal of monogamous ...
... developed the institution we know : the present - day patriarchal family with its supernaturalizing of the penis , its division of labor by gender , its emotional , physical , and material pos- sessiveness , its ideal of monogamous ...
Page 90
... developed ( and highly dubious ) technology of modern obstetrics is merely a late stage in what Suzanne Arms has called " the gradual attempt by man to extricate the process of birth from women and call it his own . " " Overpopu- lation ...
... developed ( and highly dubious ) technology of modern obstetrics is merely a late stage in what Suzanne Arms has called " the gradual attempt by man to extricate the process of birth from women and call it his own . " " Overpopu- lation ...
Page 135
... developed the forceps , symbol of the art of the obstetrician , were profiteers . True to their principled tradition , the Chamberlens finally sold their Secret to a Dutch practitioner . When they had received their money and the Secret ...
... developed the forceps , symbol of the art of the obstetrician , were profiteers . True to their principled tradition , the Chamberlens finally sold their Secret to a Dutch practitioner . When they had received their money and the Secret ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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