Without Child: Challenging the Stigma of ChildlessnessPsychology Press, 1999 - 273 páginas In a society in which most women grow up thinking they will become mothers-and in which many women go to great lengths to make that desire a reality -- not having a child is often met with incredulity and scorn. But as the author of this thoughtful and meticulously researched examination of childlessness points out, childless women are part of an ancient and respectable cultural tradition that includes biblical matriarchs, celibate saints, and nineteenth-century social reformers. Revealing the story of her own decision not to have children, Laurie Lisle draws from history, literature, religion and sociology to challenge the stigma attached to the condition of childlessness-and to offer encouragement and support to those women who have made the difficult decision themselves. Beginning with the difficult inner journey a woman faces before finally deciding or realizing she will not bear children,Without Childexplores the myth of the childless woman's rejection of the maternal instinct. It alsoexplores the childless woman's relationship to mothers and mothering, to her femininity, to men, to achievement, to her body, and to old age. Wide-ranging yet intimate, philosophical, yet clear-sighted, this important book does what no other has done before-presents childlessness in a multifaceted and positive light. |
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Contenido
FINDING THE WORDS DISCOVERING MY WAY | 3 |
EXAMINING THE CHOICE WHY IT ARISES | 33 |
SEARCHING HISTORY REMEMBERING | 59 |
UNDERSTANDING OUR MOTHERS ENLARGING | 86 |
DREAMING ABOUT A CHILD LOVING CHILDLIKENESS | 115 |
LIVING WITH MEN IMPROVISING THE WAY | 140 |
RECOGNIZING OUR WOMANHOOD | 167 |
POSSESSING OURSELVES DOING OUR WORK | 195 |
LOOKING AHEAD CELEBRATING OUR LIVES | 223 |
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Without Child: Challenging the Stigma of Childlessness Laurie Lisle Sin vista previa disponible - 2014 |
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