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Much of this burden falls on mothers. They usually spend most time with children
and feel that the final responsibility of somehow producing a socially acceptable,
happy and reasonably bright child falls on them. Mothers are always being told, ...
Much of this burden falls on mothers. They usually spend most time with children
and feel that the final responsibility of somehow producing a socially acceptable,
happy and reasonably bright child falls on them. Mothers are always being told, ...
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Nuclear families are usually linked by only one member who is common to both,
the person who moves from his or her family of orientation (the one they grew up
in) to a new family of procreation. Our family system is like a long chain of beads,
...
Nuclear families are usually linked by only one member who is common to both,
the person who moves from his or her family of orientation (the one they grew up
in) to a new family of procreation. Our family system is like a long chain of beads,
...
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which she usually does after a decent space of time. The baby is born in the
grandmother's house, and the girl cares for it with the help of her mother for nine
months to a year, and then goes off to seek work in the town, leaving the baby
with ...
which she usually does after a decent space of time. The baby is born in the
grandmother's house, and the girl cares for it with the help of her mother for nine
months to a year, and then goes off to seek work in the town, leaving the baby
with ...
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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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