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This is the basis of her concern, which usually starts in pregnancy, as to when
she can get back to 'normal'. The return to normality also concerns life patterns
generally. Childbearing is seen as an interruption. 'Children are viewed as a ...
This is the basis of her concern, which usually starts in pregnancy, as to when
she can get back to 'normal'. The return to normality also concerns life patterns
generally. Childbearing is seen as an interruption. 'Children are viewed as a ...
Page 120
It involves separation from 'normal' people going about their everyday lives;
taking over by agencies outside the woman's own control; investigation and
assessment of risk necessitating exposure of the most intimate parts of the body
to men ...
It involves separation from 'normal' people going about their everyday lives;
taking over by agencies outside the woman's own control; investigation and
assessment of risk necessitating exposure of the most intimate parts of the body
to men ...
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... normal and accepted part of life. Employment possibilities of this kind are
limited, and are largely in education, but gradually the system is spreading to
other parts of Swedish society. Shared parenthood means that each partner is
equally ...
... normal and accepted part of life. Employment possibilities of this kind are
limited, and are largely in education, but gradually the system is spreading to
other parts of Swedish society. Shared parenthood means that each partner is
equally ...
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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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