Description
| Product ID: | 9780008311889 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Motherhood |
| Subtitle: | A Manifesto |
| Authors: | Author: Eliane Glaser |
| Page Count: | 320 |
| Subjects: | Social and ethical issues, Social issues & processes, Social discrimination and social justice, Feminism and feminist theory, Sociology: family and relationships, Sociology: work and labour, Family psychology, Women’s health, Pregnancy, birth and baby care: advice and issues, Child care and upbringing: advice for parents, Social discrimination & inequality, Feminism & feminist theory, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: work & labour, Family psychology, Women's health, Pregnancy, birth & baby care, Child care & upbringing |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating ‘Brilliant’ Jenni Murray ‘Liberating, intoxicating’ Zoe Williams ‘Brilliant’ Jenni Murray‘Liberating, intoxicating’ Zoe Williams‘Why, after decades of social progress, is motherhood still so much harder than it needs to be?’Before they become mothers, women are repeatedly reminded that their biological clock is ticking. Once pregnant, a woman’s body becomes public property: she is patronised, panicked, and forbidden from exercising her autonomy. In labour, women’s wishes are overridden, resulting in potentially life-changing injuries and trauma.When the baby comes home, women begin a life of pay cuts, lost job opportunities, heavier housework, unequal emotional loads, and judgement from all sides. State support and family networks have fallen away, and mothers are censured for every ‘choice’ they make – if they are given real choices at all.In this searing and vital book, Eliane Glaser asks why mothers are idealised, yet treated so poorly; why campaigns for mothers have become so unfashionable; and what we need to do to shift the needle and improve the business of child-rearing for everyone. |
| Imprint Name: | Fourth Estate Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-05-27 |
