Unwomanly Conduct: The Challenges of Intentional ChildlessnessProvocative study of women who chose to be childless based on extensive interviews with women aged between 40 and 78. A significant contribution to debates about choice, the private and the public, gender and diversity. |
Contents
She thought I was some kind of ogre that eats | 71 |
The thought will I regret it when Im old? | 89 |
The contrast between their lives and your life | 111 |
CONCLUSION | 140 |
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Unwomanly Conduct: The Challenges of Intentional Childlessness Carolyn Mackelcan Morell Limited preview - 2014 |
Unwomanly Conduct: The Challenges of Intentional Childlessness Carolyn Mackelcan Morell No preview available - 2017 |
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