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- catalog abstract "Reminding women that motherhood is an option, not a given (much less an instinct), New York psychotherapist Phyllis Ziman Tobin contends that choosing to be or not to be a mother is the defining rite of passage for today's woman. She draws on the composite struggles of real people to show how the dilemma is rooted in unexamined assumptions about normalcy, fear of change and loss of control, and the not always audible voices of our own mothers. Dr. Tobin challenges mental health professionals to recognize that coming to terms with the motherhood question is an act of maturation proper to every woman, an opportunity for self-creation. She herself recognizes that, for women who find themselves infertile or uncoupled or unconventionally situated, the question is compounded and painfully revisited as reproductive technology fails, adoption is considered, time passes. Whichever option a woman ultimately selects, she loses something, Dr. Tobin acknowledges - yet she gains by weighing the fear of now against the fear of never and being the agent instead of the victim of her regrets.".
- catalog contributor b10759251.
- catalog contributor b10759252.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description "Choosing: the rite of passage -- Opposing pulls -- The Fear of losing control -- Feeling "normal": unexamined assumptions -- Mother's voices -- Choosing again ... and again: fertility -- On the other side of choosing: life as a mother -- On the other side of choosing: life without children.".
- catalog description "Dr. Tobin challenges mental health professionals to recognize that coming to terms with the motherhood question is an act of maturation proper to every woman, an opportunity for self-creation. She herself recognizes that, for women who find themselves infertile or uncoupled or unconventionally situated, the question is compounded and painfully revisited as reproductive technology fails, adoption is considered, time passes. Whichever option a woman ultimately selects, she loses something, Dr. Tobin acknowledges - yet she gains by weighing the fear of now against the fear of never and being the agent instead of the victim of her regrets.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-159) and index.".
- catalog description "Reminding women that motherhood is an option, not a given (much less an instinct), New York psychotherapist Phyllis Ziman Tobin contends that choosing to be or not to be a mother is the defining rite of passage for today's woman. She draws on the composite struggles of real people to show how the dilemma is rooted in unexamined assumptions about normalcy, fear of change and loss of control, and the not always audible voices of our own mothers.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 168 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Motherhood optional.".
- catalog identifier "0765701278 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Motherhood optional.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Northvale, NJ : Jason Aronson,".
- catalog relation "Motherhood optional.".
- catalog subject "306.874/3 21".
- catalog subject "Choice (Psychology)".
- catalog subject "HQ759 .T65 1998".
- catalog subject "Motherhood Decision making.".
- catalog subject "Women Psychology.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Choosing: the rite of passage -- Opposing pulls -- The Fear of losing control -- Feeling "normal": unexamined assumptions -- Mother's voices -- Choosing again ... and again: fertility -- On the other side of choosing: life as a mother -- On the other side of choosing: life without children.".
- catalog title "Motherhood optional : a psychological journey / Phyllis O. Ziman Tobin, with Barbara Aria.".
- catalog type "text".