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Motherhood Choices: Agency and Autonomy by RAGHUBALAN DURAIRAJU is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This paper examines notions of agency, autonomy, and subjecthood for women who choose not to have children (childfree women) and those who are ambivalent about motherhood (fence-sitters) in India. It discusses how sociocultural norms glorify motherhood as the apex of womanhood in India, based on religious texts and state policies. However, it also notes that there have been historical examples in India of women who resisted expectations of marriage and motherhood. The paper reports on interviews conducted w

Author

RAGHUBALAN DURAIRAJU

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EN