Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page xiv
... faces a range of painful , socially weighted choices : abortion , suicide , abandonment of the child , infanti- cide , the rearing of a child branded " illegitimate , ' usually in poverty , always outside the law . In some cultures she ...
... faces a range of painful , socially weighted choices : abortion , suicide , abandonment of the child , infanti- cide , the rearing of a child branded " illegitimate , ' usually in poverty , always outside the law . In some cultures she ...
Page xix
... face . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS There are people I need to thank . Without my three sons , this book might not have existed ; but in particular their love , intelligence , and integrity have been resources for me since we first began to talk to ...
... face . ACKNOWLEDGMENTS There are people I need to thank . Without my three sons , this book might not have existed ; but in particular their love , intelligence , and integrity have been resources for me since we first began to talk to ...
Page 79
... faces we see aggrandized on our TV screens , the faces of male leaders , the pure products of patriarchy , who appear less and less credible , less and less in- formed by any responsible vision , less and less ca- pable of governing any ...
... faces we see aggrandized on our TV screens , the faces of male leaders , the pure products of patriarchy , who appear less and less credible , less and less in- formed by any responsible vision , less and less ca- pable of governing any ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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