Of woman born motherhood as experience and institution1976 |
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Adrienne Rich. FOREWORD All human life on the planet is born of 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 . Be- cause young ...
Adrienne Rich. FOREWORD All human life on the planet is born of 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 . Be- cause young ...
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... woman - defined - as - mother , the event may mean , at last , an end to unwanted pregnancies , but also her death as a woman ( thus defined ) , as a sexual being , and as someone with a function . Male attitudes toward menstrual blood ...
... woman - defined - as - mother , the event may mean , at last , an end to unwanted pregnancies , but also her death as a woman ( thus defined ) , as a sexual being , and as someone with a function . Male attitudes toward menstrual blood ...
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... woman awaiting her period , or the onset of labor , the woman lying on a table undergoing abortion or pushing her baby out , the woman inserting a diaphragm or swallowing her daily pill , is doing these things under the influence of ...
... woman awaiting her period , or the onset of labor , the woman lying on a table undergoing abortion or pushing her baby out , the woman inserting a diaphragm or swallowing her daily pill , is doing these things under the influence of ...
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 19 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 32 |
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