Unwomanly Conduct: The Challenges of Intentional Childlessness

ISBN-13: 9780415906784 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 222 str.

Carolyn M. Morell

Opis

This study examines how women who decide not to become mothers challenge the very meaning of the word woman in our society. Grounded in her own experiences as a not-mothering woman, a social worker and a feminist activist, the author offers an account of the experience of childlessness and a theoretical examination of how society's idealization of motherhood is dependent upon the negative counterpoint of childlessness.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 “Why aren’t I being the hero?”; Chapter 2 “I think of myself as a product of the times”; Chapter 3 “I must admit, I didn’t freely admit it”; Chapter 4 “She thought I was some kind of ogre that eats children for lunch”; Chapter 5 “The thought, ‘will I regret it when l’m old?’ is impossible to avoid … because it’s just out there”; Chapter 6 “The contrast between their lives and your life puts a wedge between your friendship”; Chapter 7 Conclusion; Appendix About the Research;

O autorze

Carolyn M. Morell