Unwomanly Conduct: The Challenges of Intentional Childlessness

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ISBN: 9780415906784 | 0415906784
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Copyright: 4/26/1994

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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.

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Acknowledgments
Preface: A Researcher's Story
"Why aren't I being the hero?": The Politics of Reproductive Difference	p. 1
"I think of myself as a product of the times": Troubling Developments	p. 24
"I must admit, I didn't freely admit it": Explaining the Choice	p. 48
"She thought I was some kind of ogre that eats children for lunch": Symbolic Politics I	p. 71
"The thought, 'will I regret it when I'm old?' is impossible to avoid . . . because it's just out there": Symbolic Politics II	p. 89
"The contrast between their lives and your life puts a wedge between your friendship": The Social World of Childless Women	p. 111
Conclusion	p. 140
Appendix: About the Research	p. 152
Notes	p. 168
Bibliography	p. 186
Index	p. 196
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