Unwomanly Conduct: The Challenges of Intentional ChildlessnessExamines how the decision by some women not to become mothers challenges the meaning of the word woman in our society. This study is based on extensive interviews with 34 married women, ranging in age from 40 to 78, who have made the choice to be childless. |
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... gender roles against attempts to shift or transform power relations . Advertisers sell women's mothering along with designer diapers , orange juice , automobile tires , and airline companies . Supermothers stride for- ward , briefcase ...
... gender roles against attempts to shift or transform power relations . Advertisers sell women's mothering along with designer diapers , orange juice , automobile tires , and airline companies . Supermothers stride for- ward , briefcase ...
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... gender roles . " The issue is not abolishing hierarchy , which is impossible , but establishing proper hierarchy ... It connotes the proper use of power that has been properly earned , a topic not much explored in feminist thought — a ...
... gender roles . " The issue is not abolishing hierarchy , which is impossible , but establishing proper hierarchy ... It connotes the proper use of power that has been properly earned , a topic not much explored in feminist thought — a ...
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... Gender Roles and Lifestyle : A Sociocultural Study of Voluntary Childlessness . " Diss . , Univ . of Washington , Seattle , 1977 . Butler , Judith . Gender Trouble : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity . New York : Routledge , 1990 ...
... Gender Roles and Lifestyle : A Sociocultural Study of Voluntary Childlessness . " Diss . , Univ . of Washington , Seattle , 1977 . Butler , Judith . Gender Trouble : Feminism and the Subversion of Identity . New York : Routledge , 1990 ...
Contents
She thought I was some kind of ogre that eats | 71 |
The thought will I regret it when Im old? | 89 |
The contrast between their lives and your life | 111 |
Copyright | |
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Unwomanly Conduct: The Challenges of Intentional Childlessness Carolyn Mackelcan Morell Limited preview - 1994 |
Unwomanly Conduct: The Challenges of Intentional Childlessness Carolyn Mackelcan Morell Limited preview - 2014 |
Unwomanly Conduct: The Challenges of Intentional Childlessness Carolyn Mackelcan Morell No preview available - 2017 |
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