Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution1976 |
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... suffering and the archetypal female experience of childbirth have been seen as identical . Passive suffering has thus been seen as a universal , " natu- ral , " female destiny , carried into every sphere of our experience ; and until we ...
... suffering and the archetypal female experience of childbirth have been seen as identical . Passive suffering has thus been seen as a universal , " natu- ral , " female destiny , carried into every sphere of our experience ; and until we ...
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... suffer in all cultures . The remarkable philosopher - mystic Simone Weil makes the dis- tinction between suffering - characterized 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 dis- tinction between suffering - characterized by pain yet leading to growth and enlightenment - and affliction - the condition of the oppressed , the ...
Page 128
... suffer " ; she may have attended births and witnessed for herself ; above all , there is the sense of her body going into ... suffering derives from " empirically derived knowledge of mutilations and deaths " or of the births of mon ...
... suffer " ; she may have attended births and witnessed for herself ; above all , there is the sense of her body going into ... suffering derives from " empirically derived knowledge of mutilations and deaths " or of the births of mon ...
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Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 19 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 32 |
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