Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 10
... suggests a cutting- or burning - away of her essential womanhood , just as the old word " barren " suggests a woman eternally empty and lacking . ) My husband , although he supported my decision , asked whether I was sure it would not ...
... suggests a cutting- or burning - away of her essential womanhood , just as the old word " barren " suggests a woman eternally empty and lacking . ) My husband , although he supported my decision , asked whether I was sure it would not ...
Page 93
... suggest that the pu- berty initiation rites practiced by men - which include seclusion , purification , fasting ... suggests that the contem- porary woman may still need to use her period as a time for reaching into her subjectivity ...
... suggest that the pu- berty initiation rites practiced by men - which include seclusion , purification , fasting ... suggests that the contem- porary woman may still need to use her period as a time for reaching into her subjectivity ...
Page 253
... suggests only that she has refused motherhood , not what she is about in and of herself . The notion of the " free woman " is strongly tinged with the sug- gestion of sexual promiscuity , of " free love , " of being " free " of man's ...
... suggests only that she has refused motherhood , not what she is about in and of herself . The notion of the " free woman " is strongly tinged with the sug- gestion of sexual promiscuity , of " free love , " of being " free " of man's ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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