"I could be a father, but I could never be a mother" : values and meanings of women's voluntary childlessness in Southern Alberta
This thesis examines the experiences, beliefs, motivations, and perceived costs and benefits of women who are childless by choice in Southern Alberta. I investigate the naturalized and normalized understandings of femininity, motherhood, and citizenship more broadly, and what this means for voluntar...
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Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Sociology, 2012
2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3226 |