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“I would feel [my son's] wants at such a moment fraudulent, as an attempt moreover to defraud me of living even for fifteen minutes as myself. My anger would rise”

Quote by Adrienne Rich

Book:Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution

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Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution

This book delves into the multifaceted nature of motherhood, analyzing its impact on individuals and society. It explores the personal experiences of mothers and the broader institutional structures that shape motherhood, offering a comprehensive look at this complex and significant aspect of human life. more

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Adrienne Rich was an American poet known for her profound poetry and feminist perspective. Her works explored themes such as gender, politics, and social justice, having a profound impact on contemporary poetry. more

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“My husband spoke eagerly of the children we would have; my parents-in-law awaited the birth of their grandchild. I had no idea of what I wanted, what I could or could not choose. I only knew that to have a child was to assume adult womanhood to the full, to prove myself, to be 'like other women.”

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“As soon as I was visibly and clearly pregnant, I felt, for the first time in my adolescent and adult life, not-guilty.”

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“The body has been made so problematic for women that is has often seemed easier to shrug it off and travel as a disembodied spirit.”

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“Miller identifies the 'hidden cruelty' in child-rearing as the repetition of 'poisonous pedagogy' inflicted by the parents of the generation before and as providing the soil in which obedience to authoritarianism and fascism take root”

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“Institutionalized motherhood demands of women maternal 'instinct' rather than intelligence, selflessness rather than self-realization, relation to others rather than the creation of self. Motherhood is 'sacred' so long as its offspring are 'legitimate' -- that is, as long as the child bears the name of a father who legally controls the mothe.r”

Feminism Motherhood Patriarchy

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“My 'temper' was a dark, wicked blotch in me, not a response to events in the outer world.”

Feminism Anger Rage

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“If he is to know 'his' children, he must have control over their reproduction, which means he musut possess their mother exclusively...it cuts back to the male need to say: 'I, too, have the power of procreation--these are my seed, my own begotten children, my proof of elemental power.' In addition, of course, the children are the future receivers of the patrimony.”

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“The command of Yahweh: 'Be fruitful and multiply,' is an entirely patriarchal one; he is not invoking the Great Mother but bidding his sons beget still more sons.”

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“At the onset of labor, the woman was placed in the lithotomy (supine) position, chloroformed, and turned into the completely passive body on which the obstetrician could perform as on a mannequin. The labor room became an operating theatre, and childbirth a medical drama with the physician as its hero.”

Feminism Childbirth Mothorhood

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“¿Cómo opera el psicópata? Engañándote, te hace creer que existen otras historias, y después de todo, los cuentos de hadas no están tan mal. A él si lo necesitas porque te da todo, absolutamente todo lo que tiene, “hasta quedar en deuda conmigo mismo”, como dice la canción. Te apantallas, te sientes valorada finalmente, reconocida no como una guerrera lodosa, sino una mujer limpia, sin máculas o resentimientos. Es más, ningún hombre te había dicho “te amo” con tanta valentía y solvencia emocional. A veces hasta te proponen matrimonio o vivir juntos, la segunda o tercera vez que se acuestan contigo. Montan un teatro que les funciona, te muestran pruebas de lo que dicen y hacen. Se aprovechan de las carencias afectivas que tienes, llenan esos huecos, los desbordan.”

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