The Challenging Theme of Maternity
The Challenging Theme of Maternity

Summary/Abstract: Article in English and Romanian. This article presents the institution of maternity between myth and reality. Maternity, according to Cristina Stefan can be seen on the one hand as a personal experience and on the other hand as an institution in the sociologic, sense of the term. Maternity appears a a specific way of acting and looking at the world (seen with a mother's eyes), as a social datum - which acts as a punishment for the person in discussion, determining an adequate behaviour. Women are either women-without-children or women-mothers depending on whether they have children or not.

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