Word: motherhood
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...passionless,” asexual beings? Conversely, can we really say that “same-sex marriage” is “well understood without discussion of gender issues” when arguments against same-sex marriage constantly invoke gender norms of fatherhood and motherhood (“children need a mom and a dad”), and when marriage has played such a large role in constructing these gender norms (like who goes to work and who stays home with the kids...
...SIMILAR note, the Yale Daily News delves into the results of a new study that appears to counter that much discussed front-page story in the Times last fall: "Many Women at Elite Colleges Set Career Path to Motherhood." Yale's women's center asked students about their career and family aspirations, and how they might intertwine: According to the study, 87.6 percent of the men surveyed said they are planning to become parents, while 78.4 percent of women said they plan to have children. The study found that men and women are equally likely to continue to work full...
...quit 60 Minutes to focus on your family, but you now seem to juggle motherhood and work well. What do you say to women who want to have...
...woman who had a vision of violence from the time just after her first child was born but who kept her demons secret to preserve the image of family and motherhood she and her husband treasured...
...everyone thought so. Andrea's mother was already concerned that Rusty had contributed to his wife's first breakdown. Andrea's former nursing colleague Debbie Holmes tried to talk to Andrea about the burdens of motherhood. Andrea already had four kids. Did she really need another? But Andrea told her friend that Rusty wanted the baby. "Rusty only cares about Rusty," Holmes told TIME. Through the years, she heard Andrea describe her husband as controlling and manipulative. Holmes told police she was "the only friend allowed to visit" Andrea, and Holmes wrote down her friend's stories about Rusty...