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What does it mean?
Reductive definition of womanhood as motherhood.
In plain terms
Being a woman means being a mother.
What can you take from it?
Redefine womanhood beyond roles.

Where it applies

  • feminism
  • parenting
  • identity

Putting it to work

  • critique
  • parenting
  • writing

Questions to consider

  • What defines womanhood?

Another view

Excludes non-mothers.

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