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... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > interpersonal relationships > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood studies > social construction of motherhood
... > social science subjects > sociology > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood studies > social construction of motherhood
... > social science subjects > sociology > social theory > micro-interactionist theory > social interaction > human relationships > family studies > motherhood encyc > motherhood studies > social construction of motherhood

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social construction of motherhood  

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  • The approach that motherhood is a social construction rejects the assumption that practices of mothering, traits of mothers, and meanings of motherhood are in any way natural, biological, essential or inevitable. Rather, it implies that the ways of perceiving and experiencing motherhood in society are the result of processes of social construction. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Social Construction of Motherhood]

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