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Perhaps in some ways we have lost the balance, as if sexual arousal and
fulfillment were the key to being 'grown up', rather than the rights and
responsibilities of bringing new life into the world, or for those who do not choose
fertility, the ability ...
Perhaps in some ways we have lost the balance, as if sexual arousal and
fulfillment were the key to being 'grown up', rather than the rights and
responsibilities of bringing new life into the world, or for those who do not choose
fertility, the ability ...
Page 40
There are no other adults to share responsibility and care. In an extended family,
where there are aunts and uncles, cousins, grandparents and others to turn to,
the parents' power over their children is modified and checked by the opinions of
...
There are no other adults to share responsibility and care. In an extended family,
where there are aunts and uncles, cousins, grandparents and others to turn to,
the parents' power over their children is modified and checked by the opinions of
...
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helping with chores, and sharing responsibility. Even in a social system like that
of Jamaica, which has been fragmented by slavery, very few babies find their way
to orphanages because there is always a grandmother, sister or cousin to take ...
helping with chores, and sharing responsibility. Even in a social system like that
of Jamaica, which has been fragmented by slavery, very few babies find their way
to orphanages because there is always a grandmother, sister or cousin to take ...
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Contents
Mothercraft or Motherhood? | 3 |
The Motherhood Trap | 16 |
Mothers in the Social System | 36 |
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| Title | Women As Mothers |
| Author | Sheila Kitzinger |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Randomd House, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0394506510, 9780394506517 |
| Length | 239 pages |
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