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peace and mothering  

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  • The fact that mothering has been associated with compassion and affection and particularly been attributed to women has made it a topic of debate on whether mothering is innately interwoven with peacekeeping. The theoretical debates related to mothering have evolved within three stages: essentialism, structuralism, and poststructuralism. [Source: Encyclopedia of Motherhood; Peace and Mothering]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/peace_and_mothering

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