Women as MothersA leading social anthropologist examines what being a mother means to a woman as a person , using examples from societies all over the world, and concludes that a great deal of what we call “maternal instinct” is culturally imposed and that there is no “right” or “wrong” way of mothering. -- Publisher description. |
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... female characteristics in our own society . The male is represented as hardheaded , enumerative and rational , the female sentimental , emotional , irrational and intuitive . Evans Pritchard wrote about Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in ...
... female characteristics in our own society . The male is represented as hardheaded , enumerative and rational , the female sentimental , emotional , irrational and intuitive . Evans Pritchard wrote about Margaret Mead's Coming of Age in ...
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... female com- ponent of sexuality is suppressed according to the amount of androgen circulating in the body . Studies have been done which indicate that girls who have been exposed to abnormally high levels of fetal androgen tend to show ...
... female com- ponent of sexuality is suppressed according to the amount of androgen circulating in the body . Studies have been done which indicate that girls who have been exposed to abnormally high levels of fetal androgen tend to show ...
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... female . They must also be forever on their guard to maintain their chastity and to defend themselves against male sexuality . Virtue lies in ' shame ' and it is said , ' Better to lose your eye than your reputation ' . When God ordered ...
... female . They must also be forever on their guard to maintain their chastity and to defend themselves against male sexuality . Virtue lies in ' shame ' and it is said , ' Better to lose your eye than your reputation ' . When God ordered ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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