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Page 83
He has claimed his rights as a father . But in some African cultures unmarried
mothers are harshly treated . A Kgatla girl is ostracized and the neighbours may
collect outside her house and sing obscene songs . In the past the baby was ...
He has claimed his rights as a father . But in some African cultures unmarried
mothers are harshly treated . A Kgatla girl is ostracized and the neighbours may
collect outside her house and sing obscene songs . In the past the baby was ...
Page 98
If the husband is invited to a ' fathers ' evening ' at the hospital it may be to give
him rudimentary information about what is ... territory , and because of the speed
of social change he knows it is pointless to seek advice from his own father .
If the husband is invited to a ' fathers ' evening ' at the hospital it may be to give
him rudimentary information about what is ... territory , and because of the speed
of social change he knows it is pointless to seek advice from his own father .
Page 113
We have seen that it is generally accepted that every child ought to have a father
, although the man who is a baby ' s social father may be quite different from the
biological father . In some societies , notably those disorganized by slavery , men
...
We have seen that it is generally accepted that every child ought to have a father
, although the man who is a baby ' s social father may be quite different from the
biological father . In some societies , notably those disorganized by slavery , men
...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood | 13 |
The Motherhood Trap | 31 |
Mothers in the Social System | 51 |
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| Title | Women as Mothers Volume 3761 of Fontana Books Fontana original |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Publisher | Fontana, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 2 Jun 2008 |
| ISBN | 0006337619, 9780006337614 |
| Length | 285 pages |
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