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050	0	0	_aHQ759 _b.B22313 2011
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100	1		_aBadinter, Élisabeth, _eauthor. _91168244
240	1	0	_aConflit. _lEnglish
245	1	4	_aThe conflict : _bhow modern motherhood undermines the status of women / _cElisabeth Badinter ; translated by Adriana Hunter.
264		1	_aNew York : _bMetropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., _c2011.
300			_a208 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"Originally published in France in 2010 by Éditions Flammarion, Paris.".
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 171-208).
505	0		_aThe ambivalence of motherhood -- The sacred alliance of reactionaries -- Mothers, you owe them everything -- The baby's dominion -- The diversity of women's aspirations -- Wombs on strike -- French women, a special case.
520			_aIn this book the author Identifies vulnerabilities in today's parenting models for women, arguing that current recommendations are imposing 1950s era limitations at the expense of women's health, fatherhood, and child independence. Progressive modern motherhood is seen as a threat to women's freedom. The author names a reactionary shift that is intensely felt but has not been clearly articulated until now, a shift that America has pioneered. She reserves special ire for the orthodoxy of the La Leche League, an offshoot of conservative Evangelicalism, showing how on demand breastfeeding, with all its limitations, curtails women's choices. Moreover, the pressure to provide children with 24/7 availability and empathy has produced a generation of overwhelmed and guilt laden mothers, one cause of the West's alarming decline in birthrate. The author has for decades been in the vanguard of the European fight for women's equality. In this book she points her finger at a most unlikely force undermining the status of women: liberal motherhood, in thrall to all that is "natural." Attachment parenting, co-sleeping, baby-wearing, and especially breast-feeding, these hallmarks of contemporary motherhood have succeeded in tethering women to the home and family to an extent not seen since the 1950s. She argues that the taboos now surrounding epidurals, formula, disposable diapers, cribs, and anything that distracts a mother's attention from her offspring have turned childrearing into a singularly regressive force. This work is a scathing indictment of a stealthy zealotry that cheats women of their full potential.
588			_aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
650		0	_aMotherhood. _9321054
650		0	_aWomen _xSocial conditions. _9325908
650		0	_aSex role. _9323923
700	1		_aHunter, Adriana, _etranslator. _9831301
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