Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 52
... maternal power has been domesticated . In trans- figuring and enslaving woman , the womb - the ulti- mate source of this power - has historically been turned against us and itself made into a source of powerlessness . * I have never ...
... maternal power has been domesticated . In trans- figuring and enslaving woman , the womb - the ulti- mate source of this power - has historically been turned against us and itself made into a source of powerlessness . * I have never ...
Page 112
... maternal woman derived from the sexual politics of fifth - century Greece , where women were ill - educated , were sold into marriage , and had no role except as producers of children , the sexual interest of men was homoerotic , and ...
... maternal woman derived from the sexual politics of fifth - century Greece , where women were ill - educated , were sold into marriage , and had no role except as producers of children , the sexual interest of men was homoerotic , and ...
Page 238
... the creature within it that nothing would deform it , freedom would be its gift . She , Martha , the free spirit , would protect the creature from her , Martha , the maternal force ; the maternal Martha , that enemy 238 OF WOMAN BORN.
... the creature within it that nothing would deform it , freedom would be its gift . She , Martha , the free spirit , would protect the creature from her , Martha , the maternal force ; the maternal Martha , that enemy 238 OF WOMAN BORN.
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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