Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution1976 |
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... seem to myself , in my feelings toward these tiny guiltless beings , a monster of selfishness and intolerance ... seems to me now a term both tendentious and meaningless , based on a view of women which sees motherhood as our only ...
... seem to myself , in my feelings toward these tiny guiltless beings , a monster of selfishness and intolerance ... seems to me now a term both tendentious and meaningless , based on a view of women which sees motherhood as our only ...
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... seems to be a learned response . . . . Male sexuality seems originally focussed to no goal beyond immediate discharge ; it is society that provides the male with a desire for children , for patterned interpersonal relationships that ...
... seems to be a learned response . . . . Male sexuality seems originally focussed to no goal beyond immediate discharge ; it is society that provides the male with a desire for children , for patterned interpersonal relationships that ...
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... seems improbable that the father assisted at births , as one contemporary obstetrician asserts . In fact , in many cultures a pregnant or laboring woman is still today taboo to all but her female relatives , and men are excluded from ...
... seems improbable that the father assisted at births , as one contemporary obstetrician asserts . In fact , in many cultures a pregnant or laboring woman is still today taboo to all but her female relatives , and men are excluded from ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 19 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 32 |
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