Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 57
... natural order , including death . For Diner and Davis , Woman as Mother natural- ly led to gynarchy : to societies headed by and marked with profound reverence for women . Other writers , including Simone de Beauvoir and Shulamith ...
... natural order , including death . For Diner and Davis , Woman as Mother natural- ly led to gynarchy : to societies headed by and marked with profound reverence for women . Other writers , including Simone de Beauvoir and Shulamith ...
Page 88
... natural roots - or into the world - tree whose roots are in the sky , as an " unnatural symbol " ( a patriarchal reversal of natural fact ) .22 Prepatriarchal phallus - cults were the celebration by women of the fertilizing instrument ...
... natural roots - or into the world - tree whose roots are in the sky , as an " unnatural symbol " ( a patriarchal reversal of natural fact ) .22 Prepatriarchal phallus - cults were the celebration by women of the fertilizing instrument ...
Page 101
... naturally evolving from this " protec- tive " role : " it was the men who hunted the game , fought the enemies , and ... natural by women and men , how do we account for the fact that laws , legends , and prohibitions relating to THE ...
... naturally evolving from this " protec- tive " role : " it was the men who hunted the game , fought the enemies , and ... natural by women and men , how do we account for the fact that laws , legends , and prohibitions relating to THE ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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