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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... look from an older woman who clearly thinks she is a baby batterer . She hates what she has become and scuttles back home , with both children whining . She gets more food into them and propels them to the bath , where they play happily ...
... look from an older woman who clearly thinks she is a baby batterer . She hates what she has become and scuttles back home , with both children whining . She gets more food into them and propels them to the bath , where they play happily ...
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... look after a small baby . No amount of les- sons in child care or practising with a rubber doll in a bathtub in the few weeks before a baby is born can ever make up for this deprivation . In the last twenty years or so there has been a ...
... look after a small baby . No amount of les- sons in child care or practising with a rubber doll in a bathtub in the few weeks before a baby is born can ever make up for this deprivation . In the last twenty years or so there has been a ...
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... look into the carry- cot - ' He's a real boy ! ' they say , or ' Isn't she sweet ? She's so pretty and feminine ! ' The mother may choose to dress her baby boy in blue , her girl in pink . In France flowers of the appropriate colour ...
... look into the carry- cot - ' He's a real boy ! ' they say , or ' Isn't she sweet ? She's so pretty and feminine ! ' The mother may choose to dress her baby boy in blue , her girl in pink . In France flowers of the appropriate colour ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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