BOOK

Reproductive health and maternal sacrifice : women, choice and responsibility

Lowe, Pam. author

2016

Overview

\"This book demonstrates that the symbol of maternal sacrifice is the notion that 'proper' women put the welfare of children, whether born, in utero or not conceived, over and above any choices and desires of their own. The idea of maternal sacrifice acts as powerful signifier in judging women's behaviour that goes beyond necessary care for any children. The book traces its presence in various aspects of reproductive health, from contraception to breastfeeding. Pam Lowe shows how although nominally choices are presented to women around reproductive health, maternal sacrifice is used to discipline women into conforming to specific norms, reasserting traditional forms of womenhood. This has significant implications for women's autonomy. Women can resist or reject this disciplinary position when making reproductive decisions, but in doing so they may be positioned as transgressing and/or need to justify their decisions\"-- Back cover.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: Motherhood Moral and ethical aspects. / Motherhood Social aspects. / Sex role. / Social control. / Reproductive Behavior psychology. / Mothers psychology. / Reproductive Rights psychology. / Gender Identity. / Social Control, Informal.
• ISBN: 9781137472922, 1137472928

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
HQ759.L62 2016	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE