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Page 48
In many cultures, mothers stress the sexual difference between themselves and
their sons, and between the boys and girls in the family. In our own society they
comment on the child's strength, boisterousness, aggression and naughtiness.
In many cultures, mothers stress the sexual difference between themselves and
their sons, and between the boys and girls in the family. In our own society they
comment on the child's strength, boisterousness, aggression and naughtiness.
Page 62
Among the Mbuti pygmies of the African Congo, after her first menstruation a girl
lives temporarily with her future husband in a band consisting of other members
of her age group, in a special elima' house, where couples are expected to join in
...
Among the Mbuti pygmies of the African Congo, after her first menstruation a girl
lives temporarily with her future husband in a band consisting of other members
of her age group, in a special elima' house, where couples are expected to join in
...
Page 63
The most striking example of this is provided by the Kipsigis of Kenya, where
bearing a child before a girl has been blessed as a potential mother is the
unpardonable sin against the spirits, and contaminates the whole of the
community.
The most striking example of this is provided by the Kipsigis of Kenya, where
bearing a child before a girl has been blessed as a potential mother is the
unpardonable sin against the spirits, and contaminates the whole of the
community.
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Contents
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Getting and Not Getting Pregnant | 54 |
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| Title | Women as Mothers |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Random House, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0394506510, 9780394506517 |
| Length | 239 pages |
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