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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... obstetrician tends to make assumptions about female psychology which derive perhaps from his view of his own mother ... Obstetricians can feel perplexed and threatened when patients do not behave according to this stereotype of the good ...
... obstetrician tends to make assumptions about female psychology which derive perhaps from his view of his own mother ... Obstetricians can feel perplexed and threatened when patients do not behave according to this stereotype of the good ...
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... obstetrician to examine and to intervene in labour when the patient is supine . The position adopted as routine for deliveries conducted by an obstetrician ( as opposed to a midwife ) in which the woman , often without sensation from ...
... obstetrician to examine and to intervene in labour when the patient is supine . The position adopted as routine for deliveries conducted by an obstetrician ( as opposed to a midwife ) in which the woman , often without sensation from ...
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... obstetricians who treat the uterus as a fascinating thing to play with rather than part of a woman . Accouchement forcé was practised in the nineteenth century . In the early twentieth century an obstetrician tried children's balloons ...
... obstetricians who treat the uterus as a fascinating thing to play with rather than part of a woman . Accouchement forcé was practised in the nineteenth century . In the early twentieth century an obstetrician tried children's balloons ...
Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
Copyright | |
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