Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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... guilt , even though it was a part demanded for survival . I have a very clear , keen memory of myself the day after I was married : I was sweeping a floor . Probably the floor did not really need to be swept ; probably I simply did not ...
... guilt , even though it was a part demanded for survival . I have a very clear , keen memory of myself the day after I was married : I was sweeping a floor . Probably the floor did not really need to be swept ; probably I simply did not ...
Page 158
... guilt in the intimate exposure of the birth - chamber . The dread of giving birth to monsters , as Sheila Kitzinger observes , has to do with " the crystallization of deep - seated feelings of guilt . The girl wants to punish herself ...
... guilt in the intimate exposure of the birth - chamber . The dread of giving birth to monsters , as Sheila Kitzinger observes , has to do with " the crystallization of deep - seated feelings of guilt . The girl wants to punish herself ...
Page 273
... Guilt about abortion can serve as the channel for other , older feelings of guilt , of needing to atone ; it can also be the result of lifelong exposure to the idea that abortion is murder . If a woman feels her guilt or depression as a ...
... Guilt about abortion can serve as the channel for other , older feelings of guilt , of needing to atone ; it can also be the result of lifelong exposure to the idea that abortion is murder . If a woman feels her guilt or depression as a ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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