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essentialism and mothering  

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  • As a philosophy, essentialism believes that the true essence of any person or thing is established prior to its existence and determines what shape that existence will take. In practice, mothering is the individual approach a woman brings to the experience of being a mother. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Essentialism and Mothering]

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