Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution1976 |
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... labor- labor as contrasted with work , which has a real goal and a meaning . The labor of childbirth has been a form of forced labor . For cen- turies , most women had no means of preventing conception , and they carried the scriptural ...
... labor- labor as contrasted with work , which has a real goal and a meaning . The labor of childbirth has been a form of forced labor . For cen- turies , most women had no means of preventing conception , and they carried the scriptural ...
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... labor , but also between biological and artificial reproduction . Ideally , the process of creating another life would be freely and intelligently undertaken , much as a woman might prepare herself physically and mentally for a trip ...
... labor , but also between biological and artificial reproduction . Ideally , the process of creating another life would be freely and intelligently undertaken , much as a woman might prepare herself physically and mentally for a trip ...
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... labor ( without clear medical indication ) Separating the mother from familial support during labor and birth Confining the normal laboring woman to bed Shaving the birth area Professional dependence on technology and pharmacological ...
... labor ( without clear medical indication ) Separating the mother from familial support during labor and birth Confining the normal laboring woman to bed Shaving the birth area Professional dependence on technology and pharmacological ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 19 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 32 |
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