The last taboo : saying no to motherhood / Rosemary Agonito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Agonito, Rosemary, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motherhood.

Childfree choice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (164 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Last Taboo'' makes the case against having babies despite fierce, centuries old pressure on women to legitimate themselves through motherhood. Motherhood is the most important issue for a woman since it impacts everything in her life and exerts incredible pressure. This alternative, saying no to babies, will be welcome to women who are considering having babies, who are not sure about children, who don''t want to have children but feel they must, who resent pressure to become pregnant, and who feel stigmatized for not having had children. Feminists, environmentalists, progressives will als

Contents:

Introduction; Chapter 1. Help! I'm Tired All the Time; The Physical and Emotional Impact of Having Children; Mommy in the Supermarket; Mommy at Home; Mommy at Work; Not What I Bargained For; The Mother-Child Relationship Turned Upside-Down; The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions; Nuclear Fissures; The New Mid-Life Crisis; Where's Daddy?; Frustrated, Frazzled and Furious; Chapter 2. Honey, What's Happening To Us?; The Impact of Children on a Personal Relationship; Marla's Story; Lisa's Story; Ellen's Story; Martha's Story; Diana's Story; Not-So-Wise Conventional Wisdom

And Baby Makes ThreeSleeping Together, Literally; Number One; Ships Passing in the Night; Born Yesterday ; I'm Right; You're Wrong; Stranger In Our Midst; They're Gone! - Marital Bliss and the Joy of Motherhood; Chapter 3. Mom's Talents Down The Drain; The Impact of Children on Career and Livelihood; That's Life; A Mother of the Future - Almost; A Mother of the Past; A Mother of the Present - Out of the Workforce; Another Mother of the Present - Out of the Workforce; A Mother of the Present - In the Workforce Part-Time; A Mother of the Present - In the Workforce Full-Time

A Mother of the Present - In the Workforce Full-Time, Sort OfHitting the Baby Ceiling; The Loss that Keeps on Losing; A Recipe for Disaster; Motherhood as Escape Hatch; The Choice that Isn't a Choice; What's Wrong With This Picture?; "What's Wrong With Me? I Don't Have Kids."; The Invisible Helping Hand; The Ultimate Guilt Trip; Who's Sorry Now?; Chapter 4. Hey, Who Am I?; How Motherhood Limits and Defines Mom as a Person; Helen's Story - and a Question; Crisis of Identity; The No-Return Policy; Who Am I?; The Building Blocks of the Family; A Metaphor for the Self-Sacrificial Mom

Chapter 5. The Money PitThe Financial Cost of Having Children; Paying for Love Insurance; Paying the Day-to-Day Costs; Paying for Mr. Wrong; Deep Pockets; The Endless Money Siphon; Paying for Their Bad Choices; What Not Having It All Really Means; Chapter 6. Godzilla Mom; When Motherhood Harms the Child; The Police Blotter; A City Story; A Suburban Story; A Small Town Story ; A Television Story; A Jet-Set Story; A Homeless Story; A Tabloid Story; Dirty Little Secrets; Going It Alone; That's My Baby!; Unplanned Parenthood; Chapter 7. Trashing Our World

The Environmental and Human Impact of Having ChildrenGa Ga Over Babies; Choosing Human Extinction; It's Not Just Their Problem; A Most Unpleasant Question; Consider Adopting; The "Urge" to Reproduce; It's Life; Author's Note; Endnotes; 2; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62894-089-1

OCLC:

889675053