Childfree And Feminine
@article{Gillespie2003ChildfreeAF, title={Childfree And Feminine}, author={Rosemary G. Gillespie}, journal={Gender \& Society}, year={2003}, volume={17}, pages={122 - 136} }
The roles of women and of feminine identity have been historically and traditionally constructed around motherhood. However, recent years have seen a growing trend among women to remain childless/ childfree. Drawing on interviews with 25 voluntarily childless women, this article considers the extent to which this trend results from the appeal or pull of the perceived advantages of a childfree lifestyle as well as the ways childfree women might represent a more fundamental and radical rejection…
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