The conflict : how modern motherhood undermines the status of women / Elisabeth Badinter ; translated by Adriana Hunter

Author:: Badinter, Élisabeth
Uniform Title:: Conflit. English
Published:: New York : Metropolitan Books, [2012]
Copyright Date:: ©2012
Physical Description:: 208 pages ; 22 cm
Additional Creators:: Hunter, Adriana

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Contents:

The ambivalence of motherhood -- The sacred alliance of reactionaries -- Mothers, you owe them everything -- The baby's dominion -- The diversity of women's aspirations -- Wombs on strike -- French women, a special case.

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:

9780805094145
0805094148

Note:

"Originally published in France in 2010 by Éditions Flammarion, Paris."

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of Acquisition:

Dubois copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2011.
Wilkes-Barre copy: Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2011.

Endowment Note:

Paterno Libraries Endowment (Campus College Libraries)

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