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10 Finally , there is the pain of sexual guilt . In some cultures , confessions of
adultery are extorted from women in labor . 11 The sexual connotations of
pregnancy and birth can give rise , not only to shame and embarrassment during
...
10 Finally , there is the pain of sexual guilt . In some cultures , confessions of
adultery are extorted from women in labor . 11 The sexual connotations of
pregnancy and birth can give rise , not only to shame and embarrassment during
...
Page 189
By far the majority of men have written of women out of the unexplored depths of
their fears , guilt , centered on our relationship to them , that is , to women
perceived as either mothers or antimothers . It is these grown - up male children
who ...
By far the majority of men have written of women out of the unexplored depths of
their fears , guilt , centered on our relationship to them , that is , to women
perceived as either mothers or antimothers . It is these grown - up male children
who ...
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 kind of ...
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 kind of ...
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