Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 118
... suffering and the archetypal female ex- perience of childbirth have been seen as identical . Passive suffering has thus been seen as a universal , " natural , " female destiny , carried into every sphere of our experience ; and until we ...
... suffering and the archetypal female ex- perience of childbirth have been seen as identical . Passive suffering has thus been seen as a universal , " natural , " female destiny , carried into every sphere of our experience ; and until we ...
Page 151
... suffer in all cultures . The remarkable philosopher - mystic Simone Weil makes the distinction between suffering - character- ized by pain yet leading to growth and enlightenment -and affliction - the condition of the oppressed , the ...
... suffer in all cultures . The remarkable philosopher - mystic Simone Weil makes the distinction between suffering - character- ized by pain yet leading to growth and enlightenment -and affliction - the condition of the oppressed , the ...
Page 163
... suffering , which shall be capable of the largest amount of suffering in a given space , ' and he made woman . But he wasn't satisfied that he had reached the highest point of perfection ; so he made a man of genius . He was not ...
... suffering , which shall be capable of the largest amount of suffering in a given space , ' and he made woman . But he wasn't satisfied that he had reached the highest point of perfection ; so he made a man of genius . He was not ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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