Add to ORKGSince the proliferation of America’s television sitcom in the 1950’s and 60’s, there has been one group of women that has been woefully underrepresented; those who are childfree by choice. During second wave feminism, this lack of both media representation and overall cultural acceptance was brought to the mainstream discourse by Ellen Peck and Shirley Radl, the founders of The National Organization of Non-Parents. Through their writing and their activism, Peck and Radl pushed for the acceptance of the childfree lifestyle, as well as fought to have it represented in the media. Over the years, however, this representation has remained elusive, with traditional heteronormative depictions of family continuing to be the norm to this day. The fo...
Decisions about whether to have or rear children, as well as perceptions of people who choose not to...
Although motherhood is believed to be an essential role for Japanese women, a growing minority of wo...
Over the past twenty years, American television producers have created a slew of series which explor...
In the United States, like most other parts of the world, there is a commonly held belief that all c...
Re-constructing the image of the voluntarily childfree: An ethnographic exploration of media represe...
While women are pressured by our culture into believing that motherhood is essential for a woman to ...
This Qualitative study explores the experience of childfree women and their perceptionof their child...
The choice not to have children is considered to be a deviation from cultural norms, particularly th...
The role of women in society was and predominantly still is considered as inferior in comparison to ...
Social norms and cultural expectations have long intimated that to be a woman is to be a mother (Pet...
As a childfree woman, Dr. Amy Blackstone is no stranger to a wide range of negative responses when s...
In the literature on voluntary childlessness there is a lack of research on the types of occupation...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-77)Stigma towards people who choose to never have childre...
Research suggests motherhood is central to a woman\u27s adult identity. In 2000, however, almost twi...
This qualitative study is about New Zealand couples who, by choice, do not have children. Strong soc...
Decisions about whether to have or rear children, as well as perceptions of people who choose not to...
Although motherhood is believed to be an essential role for Japanese women, a growing minority of wo...
Over the past twenty years, American television producers have created a slew of series which explor...
In the United States, like most other parts of the world, there is a commonly held belief that all c...
Re-constructing the image of the voluntarily childfree: An ethnographic exploration of media represe...
While women are pressured by our culture into believing that motherhood is essential for a woman to ...
This Qualitative study explores the experience of childfree women and their perceptionof their child...
The choice not to have children is considered to be a deviation from cultural norms, particularly th...
The role of women in society was and predominantly still is considered as inferior in comparison to ...
Social norms and cultural expectations have long intimated that to be a woman is to be a mother (Pet...
As a childfree woman, Dr. Amy Blackstone is no stranger to a wide range of negative responses when s...
In the literature on voluntary childlessness there is a lack of research on the types of occupation...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-77)Stigma towards people who choose to never have childre...
Research suggests motherhood is central to a woman\u27s adult identity. In 2000, however, almost twi...
This qualitative study is about New Zealand couples who, by choice, do not have children. Strong soc...
Decisions about whether to have or rear children, as well as perceptions of people who choose not to...
Although motherhood is believed to be an essential role for Japanese women, a growing minority of wo...
Over the past twenty years, American television producers have created a slew of series which explor...