The “transition period” that Stanton and Anthony invoked lasted from the 1870s to the 1920s. It was an era of separate female organization and institution building, the result on the one hand of the negative push of discrimination in the public, male sphere and on the other hand of the positive attraction of the female […]
День: 06.09.2015
Programmed-Cell-Death Theories
What if aging were programmed into our genetic code? This possibility seems more likely as the explosion of knowledge about human genetics continues to unlock the secrets of our genetic code. Even when cell death appears random, researchers believe that such losses may be part of a master genetic program that underlies the aging process […]
The Decline and Fall of Public. Punishment
[Magistrates should prosecute] common whoremongers, and common whores; for (by good opinion) adultery and bawdry is an offence temporal, as well as spiritual, and is against the peace of the land. . . a constable [may seek out and arrest] a man and a woman [committing] adultery or fornication together. Michael Dalton, The Countrey Justice […]
Cellular Theories
A second family of ideas points to causes of aging at the cellular level. One notion focuses on the number of times cells can divide, which presumably limits the life span of a complex organism. Cells grown in laboratory culture dishes undergo only a fixed number of divisions before dying, with the number of possible […]
Women’s Role in. the Pastoral Economy
Rhoda M. Ibrahim After a journey so long and tiring indeed, Like a fully loaded camel, tired as you are under the load, You at last set a camp, beside a hamlet with no blood ties to you, Your livestock will need, to be always kept in sight, Your beast of burden will need to […]
What made women so angry at men?
Women became angry at men in part because they compared themselves to the successful heterosexual white man — not to the plight of the black and native American man, or to the ostracism of the gay man, or the invisibility of the poor man. But this was only part of it.. . Women as the […]
LIMINALITY AND. THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
Making the Decision to Become a Single Mother Gina Schecter James was my first really true love relationship. But it just wasn’t meant to be. We shared quirky amusements—like who could do the Sunday crossword puzzle faster—and I admired his artistic talents. He would wake me up in the morning by playing music at the […]
Hungry for Motherhood: The New Mother
Being “stuck” has a vivid meaning in the context of a traditional, mainstream life sequence in which marriage is a prerequisite for motherhood. Stymied in their efforts to give and get commitment, many women have abandoned the belief that marriage is an essential part of the family equation. The women in this study set marriage […]
The emergence of the multi-option woman and the nooption man
Today, when the successful single woman meets the successful single man, they appear to be equals. But should they marry and consider children, she almost invariably’ considers three options: Option 01: Work full time Option 02: Mother full time Option 03: Some combination of working and mothering He considers three slightly different options: Option 01: […]
Responding to the Tensions. of Work and Family
This page intentionally left blank Chapter I The Social Context:Motherhood in Decline? N ’ ot too long ago, caring for children was unquestionably the most important activity that women performed in society. Before the 1960s, it was customary for mothers not to work outside the home, a convention acknowledged and reinforced by social policy. For […]