A Womb of Her Own

Download or read book A Womb of Her Own written by Ellen L.K. Toronto and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gender and body-based distinctions continue to be a defining component of women's identities, both in psychoanalytic treatment and in life. In this book, a distinguished group of contributors explore the ways in which women's sexual and reproductive capabilities, and their bodies, are regarded as societal and patriarchal property, and how as the "other", they can be the focus of mistreatment such as rape, sexual slavery, restriction of reproduction rights, and ongoing societal repression. They also explore the cultural definitions of motherhood, and how these set narrow definitions for the acceptable face of motherhood and for being a woman generally