ABSTRACT
Provocative study of women who chose to be childless based on extensive interviews with women aged between 40 and 78. A significant contribution to debates about choice, the private and the public, gender and diversity.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |18 pages
“She thought I was some kind of ogre that eats children for lunch”
Symbolic Politics I
chapter |22 pages
“The thought, ‘will I regret it when l'm old?' is impossible to avoid … because it’s just out there”
Symbolic Politics II
chapter |29 pages
“The contrast between their lives and your life puts a wedge between your friendship”
The Social World of Childless Women
