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The conflict : how modern motherhood undermines the status of women Cover Image Book Book

The conflict : how modern motherhood undermines the status of women

Badinter, Elisabeth. (Author). Hunter, Adriana. (Added Author).

Summary: Identifies vulnerabilities in today's parenting models for women, arguing that current recommendations are imposing 1950s-era limitations at the expense of women's health, fatherhood, and child independence.

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  • ISBN: 9781443407205 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 1443407208 (hc.)
  • Physical Description: print
    208 p. ; 22 cm.
  • Edition: 1st Canadian ed.
  • Publisher: Toronto : HarperCollins, 2011.

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General Note:
"Originally published in France in 2010 under the title Le conflit : la femme et la mere by Editions Flammarion, Paris."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note: pt. ONE STATE OF PLAY -- 1. Ambivalence of Motherhood -- pt. TWO ASSAULT OF NATURALISM -- 2. Sacred Alliance of Reactionaries -- 3. Mothers, You Owe Them Everything! -- 4. Baby's Dominion -- pt. THREE OVERLOADING THE BOAT -- 5. Diversity of Women's Aspirations -- 6. Wombs on Strike -- 7. French Women: A Special Case.

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Subject: Motherhood
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