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The " courage " of passive suffering is the highest praise accorded the lying - in
mother . I began thinking about childbirth with the hypothesis that men had
gradually annexed the role of birth - attendant and thus assumed authority over
the very ...
The " courage " of passive suffering is the highest praise accorded the lying - in
mother . I began thinking about childbirth with the hypothesis that men had
gradually annexed the role of birth - attendant and thus assumed authority over
the very ...
Page 151
The remarkable philosopher - mystic Simone Weil makes the distinction between
suffering characterized by pain yet leading to growth and enlightenment - and
affliction — the condition of the oppressed , the slave , the concentration - camp ...
The remarkable philosopher - mystic Simone Weil makes the distinction between
suffering characterized by pain yet leading to growth and enlightenment - and
affliction — the condition of the oppressed , the slave , the concentration - camp ...
Page 163
The idea that woman ' s passive suffering is inevitable has worn many guises in
history ; not only those of Eve or the Virgin Mary but also later ones such as
Helene Deutsch ' s association of passivity and masochism with “ normal ”
femininity .
The idea that woman ' s passive suffering is inevitable has worn many guises in
history ; not only those of Eve or the Virgin Mary but also later ones such as
Helene Deutsch ' s association of passivity and masochism with “ normal ”
femininity .
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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