The mommy myth : the idealization of motherhood and how it has undermined all women
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The mommy myth : the idealization of motherhood and how it has undermined all women
Free Press, 2005, c2004
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- pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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cased ISBN 9780743259996
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Challenges idealized concepts about motherhood that compromise women's rights and empowerment, citing unrealistic parenting standards, media scare tactics, and negative attitudes that victimize both working and stay-at-home moms.
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pbk ISBN 9780743260466
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Now in paperback, the provocative book that has ignited fiery debate and created a dialogue among women about the state of motherhood today. In THE MOMMY MYTH, Susan Douglas and Meredith Michaels turn their 'sharp, funny, and fed-up prose' (San Diego Union Tribune) toward the cult of the new momism, a trend in Western culture that suggests that women can only achieve contentment through the perfection of mothering. Even so, the standards of this ideal remain out of reach, no matter how hard women try to 'have it all'. THE MOMMY MYTH skilfully maps the distance travelled from the days when THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE demanded more for women than keeping house and raising children, to today's not-so-subtle pressure to reverse this trend. A must-read for every woman.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Introduction The New Momism
One Revolt Against the MRS
Two Mouthing Off to Dr. Spock
Three Threats from Without: Satanism, Abduction, and Other Media Panics
Four Attack of the Celebrity Moms
Five Threats from Within: Maternal Delinquents
Six The War Against Welfare Mothers
Seven The "Mommy Wars"
Eight Dumb Men, Stupid Choices -- or Why We Have No Childcare
Nine Moms "R" Us
Ten Dr. Laura's Neighborhood: Baby Wearing, Nanny Cams, and the Triumph of the New Momism
Epilogue Exorcising the New Momism
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Questions and Topics for Discussion
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