1st Edition
Unwomanly Conduct The Challenges of Intentional Childlessness
By Carolyn Mackelcan Morell
Copyright 1994
222 Pages
by
Routledge
222 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
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Routledge
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Provocative study of women who chose to be childless based on extensive interviews with women aged between 40 and 78. A significant contribution to debates about choice, the private and the public, gender and diversity.
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;
Biography
Carolyn M. Morell