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Page 48
She talks to her boy and her girl in subtly different ways according to sex and
later is explicit about what little girls do and how they dress and have their hair
arranged as distinct from little boys. She buys toys and chooses dolls and
miniature ...
She talks to her boy and her girl in subtly different ways according to sex and
later is explicit about what little girls do and how they dress and have their hair
arranged as distinct from little boys. She buys toys and chooses dolls and
miniature ...
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 ... The girls are able to invite
in any boys they fancy, and summon them by whipping them with saplings.
Among the Mbuti pygmies of the African Congo, after her first menstruation a girl
lives temporarily with her future husband in a band ... The girls are able to invite
in any boys they fancy, and summon them by whipping them with saplings.
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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