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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... woman ' . It is recorded that Rav Eliezer ben Hyrcanus was tackled on a point of scholarship by a clever woman , but became impatient , and protested : ' A woman has no learning except about the spindle . Let the words of the Torah be ...
... woman ' . It is recorded that Rav Eliezer ben Hyrcanus was tackled on a point of scholarship by a clever woman , but became impatient , and protested : ' A woman has no learning except about the spindle . Let the words of the Torah be ...
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... woman is unclean , so the seven days were extended by the Rabbis to twelve for safety . The Baraita de Niddah stated that the breath of a menstruating woman was poisonous , her glance was harmful , and she polluted the air around her ...
... woman is unclean , so the seven days were extended by the Rabbis to twelve for safety . The Baraita de Niddah stated that the breath of a menstruating woman was poisonous , her glance was harmful , and she polluted the air around her ...
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... woman with the transgression of Eve , the prototype of woman , and which also retains within it the capacity to uplift her from being a mere weak woman and to fulfil the highest role ac- corded to a female - becoming a wife and mother ...
... woman with the transgression of Eve , the prototype of woman , and which also retains within it the capacity to uplift her from being a mere weak woman and to fulfil the highest role ac- corded to a female - becoming a wife and mother ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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