Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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... give birth to myself ; and in some grim , dim way I was determined to use even pregnancy and parturition in that process . Before my third child was born I decided to have no more children , to be sterilized . ( Nothing is re- moved ...
... give birth to myself ; and in some grim , dim way I was determined to use even pregnancy and parturition in that process . Before my third child was born I decided to have no more children , to be sterilized . ( Nothing is re- moved ...
Page 191
... give birth to myself as a male , it was because males seemed to inherit those qualities by right of gender . And I wanted a son because my husband spoke hopefully of " a little boy . " Probably he , too , wanted to give birth to himself ...
... give birth to myself as a male , it was because males seemed to inherit those qualities by right of gender . And I wanted a son because my husband spoke hopefully of " a little boy . " Probably he , too , wanted to give birth to himself ...
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... give , but the mother is twice - lost , if love for him takes the place of love for her . " I have always gotten more support from men than from women " : a cliché of token women , and an under- standable one , since we do identify ...
... give , but the mother is twice - lost , if love for him takes the place of love for her . " I have always gotten more support from men than from women " : a cliché of token women , and an under- standable one , since we do identify ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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