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Today, to be pregnant seems not far from entering into a religious order. There is an expectation that mothers will fit the bill of breastfeeding, nappy-washing, home-cooking supermums. So are mums who rely on formula, childcare and disposable nappies lazy or liberated? The conflict between a woman's individual identity and her identity as a mother is not unique to our time. In the 18th century, French women overcame the problem by shipping their newborns off to wet nurses. But not so anymore. Modern mothers are bombarded by advice from ecologists, breastfeeding advocates, behavioural specialists, even politicians. The pressure to be a perfect mother is overwhelming, and it's scaring women away. And why wouldn't it when the expectation is that your child will become your god and you its humble servant? In The Conflict Elisabeth Badinter, France's foremost feminist thinker, questions why our ideas of motherhood have been skewed by unachievable expectations that compromise notions of self and womanhood. No matter which side of the debate you stand on, this bold and revelatory book is essential reading.
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Social conditions, Motherhood, Sex role, Women, Women, social conditions, Feminism, Conditions sociales, Maternite, Femmes, Social aspects, Self-perception, Working mothers, Stay-at-home mothers, Women's studies, Parenting and child care, Family, History, Mother and child, Empresses, Biography, Holy Roman Empire, Kings and rulers, ChildrenPlaces
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Les conflits d'une mère: Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche et ses enfants
2020, Flammarion
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The Conflict: How Overzealous Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women
Jun 04, 2013, Brand: Picador, Picador
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Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women
2012, Holt & Company, Henry
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The conflict: how modern motherhood undermines the status of women
2012, Metropolitan Books, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co.
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0805094148 9780805094145
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The conflict: how modern motherhood undermines the status of women
2011, HarperCollins
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1443407208 9781443407205
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