Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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... woman . The one unifying , incontrovertible experience shared by all women and men is that months - long period we spent unfolding inside a woman's body . Because young hu- mans remain dependent upon nurture for a much longer period ...
... woman . The one unifying , incontrovertible experience shared by all women and men is that months - long period we spent unfolding inside a woman's body . Because young hu- mans remain dependent upon nurture for a much longer period ...
Page 120
... woman from the Mediterranean did not meet or mate with a tall , heavy - boned man from the north ; consequently she did not have to deliver a large ... woman relative . Before paternity was acknowledged or understood , 120 OF WOMAN BORN.
... woman from the Mediterranean did not meet or mate with a tall , heavy - boned man from the north ; consequently she did not have to deliver a large ... woman relative . Before paternity was acknowledged or understood , 120 OF WOMAN BORN.
Page 154
... woman with a helpless infant in her arms ; nothing could be more attractive . What one did not see , what everyone conspired to prevent one seeing , was the middle - aged woman who had done nothing but produce two or three commonplace ...
... woman with a helpless infant in her arms ; nothing could be more attractive . What one did not see , what everyone conspired to prevent one seeing , was the middle - aged woman who had done nothing but produce two or three commonplace ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
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