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... sometimes to a part that says , " She's incapable ; she needs looking after . " She really sets me up for that . At least now I know this , and can see it clearly - sometimes I buy into it , and sometimes I don't - but I can see to make ...
... sometimes to a part that says , " She's incapable ; she needs looking after . " She really sets me up for that . At least now I know this , and can see it clearly - sometimes I buy into it , and sometimes I don't - but I can see to make ...
Page 41
... sometimes felt selfish and that many of her friends even told her she was selfish , but , nonetheless , she didn't want to mother more children . Many women in the group were shocked at her straightforward admissions ; more and more of ...
... sometimes felt selfish and that many of her friends even told her she was selfish , but , nonetheless , she didn't want to mother more children . Many women in the group were shocked at her straightforward admissions ; more and more of ...
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... Sometimes we manage to rebel against what we perceive to be our mothers ' tyranny ; and sometimes we are successful in that rebellion . Charlotte Perkins Gilman , in her autobiog- raphy , tells of her mother issuing an ultimatum ...
... Sometimes we manage to rebel against what we perceive to be our mothers ' tyranny ; and sometimes we are successful in that rebellion . Charlotte Perkins Gilman , in her autobiog- raphy , tells of her mother issuing an ultimatum ...
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Learning the Roles | 1 |
We Learn To Be Women | 35 |
Affection and Violence | 71 |
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