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Publication details [#33367]

Martin, K.A. 2003. Giving Birth Like A Girl. Gender & Society 17 (1) : 54–72.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

control1 | gender | interaction

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

ISBN

0891-2432

Annotation

This study suggests that white, middle-class, heterosexual women are often concerned about being nice, polite, kind, and selfless in their interactions during labor and childbirth. Thus an internalized sense of gender seems to discipline women and their bodies during childbirth.