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

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matrophobia  

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  • The term matrophobia, introduced by poet Lynn Sukenick, was further developed by feminist maternal theorist Adrienne Rich in her 1986 work Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution. Rich described matrophobia as occurring when women split themselves in a desire to purge themselves of their mothers' bondage, to become individuals free from the expectation of perfecting a full-time domestic housewife role:Matrophobia is the fear not of one's mother or of motherhood but of becoming one's mother. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Matrophobia]

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