"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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Main Author: Ayers, Gillian
Other Authors: Malacrida, Claudia
Language:en_US
Published: Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Sociology, 2012 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10133/3226