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2015

Pregnancy

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Denial And Concealment Of Unwanted Pregnancy: "A Film Hollywood Dared Not Do", Susan Ayres, Prema Manjunath Jul 2015

Denial And Concealment Of Unwanted Pregnancy: "A Film Hollywood Dared Not Do", Susan Ayres, Prema Manjunath

Susan Ayres

The actual cases and two films examined in this essay challenge stock narratives of mothers who deny or conceal unwanted pregnancy as a monster, or a victim, and also challenge "legal norms, logic and structures" pertaining to unwanted pregnancy and neonaticide. This essay draws on films because of their influential power to "reach enormous audiences by combining narratives and appealing characters with visual imagery and technological achievement, ... stir deep emotions and leave deep impressions." For these reasons, Orit Kamir asserts that films are more compelling than "theoretical legal texts or even judicial rhetoric." The two films examined -- Stephanie …

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Anticipatory Socialization Of Pregnant Women: Learning Fetal Sex And Gendered Interactions, Medora Barnes May 2015

Anticipatory Socialization Of Pregnant Women: Learning Fetal Sex And Gendered Interactions, Medora Barnes

Medora W. Barnes

Although doctors still frequently call out “It’s a girl!” when a baby girl is born, the majority
of mothers now use ultrasound to find out the sex months earlier. This study examines how
women who learn the sex of their fetus before birth are engaging in gendered verbal interactions
throughout pregnancy. These include types of conversations, usage of gendered pronouns, and
calling the unborn baby by a given name. These changes in behaviors by pregnant woman once
fetal sex is known can be seen as a form of anticipatory socialization, as they begin to practice
the behaviors and values associated …

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