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... maternity as a social function . Mak- ing a social charge of the care and education of children and adoles- cents ... maternity leave , day nurseries , kindergartens , and the like alleviated the cares of maternity . It is difficult to ...
... maternity as a social function . Mak- ing a social charge of the care and education of children and adoles- cents ... maternity leave , day nurseries , kindergartens , and the like alleviated the cares of maternity . It is difficult to ...
Page 513
... Maternity proclaims that all mothers are saintly . For while maternal devotion may be perfectly genuine , this , in fact , is rarely the case . Maternity is usually a strange mixture of narcissism , altruism , idle daydreaming ...
... Maternity proclaims that all mothers are saintly . For while maternal devotion may be perfectly genuine , this , in fact , is rarely the case . Maternity is usually a strange mixture of narcissism , altruism , idle daydreaming ...
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... maternity would not be wholly incompatible with careers for women . On the contrary , the woman who works — farmer , chemist , or writer - is the one who undergoes pregnancy most easily because she is not absorbed in her own person ...
... maternity would not be wholly incompatible with careers for women . On the contrary , the woman who works — farmer , chemist , or writer - is the one who undergoes pregnancy most easily because she is not absorbed in her own person ...
Contents
CHAPTER Part I DESTINY | 3 |
HISTORY | 61 |
Through the Middle Ages to Eighteenthcentury | 97 |
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