Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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... felt I was bending to some ancient form , too ancient to question . This is what women have always done . As soon as I was visibly and clearly pregnant , I felt , for the first time in my adolescent and adult life , not - guilty . The ...
... felt I was bending to some ancient form , too ancient to question . This is what women have always done . As soon as I was visibly and clearly pregnant , I felt , for the first time in my adolescent and adult life , not - guilty . The ...
Page 7
... felt myself perceived by the world simply as a pregnant woman , and it seemed easier , less disturb- ing , to perceive myself so . After my child was born the " measles " were diagnosed as an allergic reaction to pregnancy . Within two ...
... felt myself perceived by the world simply as a pregnant woman , and it seemed easier , less disturb- ing , to perceive myself so . After my child was born the " measles " were diagnosed as an allergic reaction to pregnancy . Within two ...
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... felt for her but must be given instead a half - smiled - at affection ... I knew but I never be- lieved it that the deep respect I felt for her , the ten- derness , the love , was a childish thing which every normal child outgrows and ...
... felt for her but must be given instead a half - smiled - at affection ... I knew but I never be- lieved it that the deep respect I felt for her , the ten- derness , the love , was a childish thing which every normal child outgrows and ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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