"Regardless of whether or not a woman ever has a child, ideals of motherhood shape our identities; our economic, political, and social lives; and our emotions. Maternity--and our relationship to it--informs many of the most important decisions we make as women and many of the most important decisions that are made *for us* as women.
"The demands of motherhood as an ideology, frame the thirty to forty years an average woman spends managing her fertility, if she is lucky enough to be able...
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