Project Gutenberg 2024-08-10 Public domain in the USA. 156 Hollingworth, Leta Stetter 1886 1939 Hollingworth, Leta S. Social devices for impelling women to bear and rear children $aUnited States :$bThe American Journal of Sociology, $c1916. Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Social Devices for Impelling Women to Bear and Rear Children" by Leta S. Hollingworth is a scholarly examination of societal mechanisms designed to encourage women to participate in childbirth and child-rearing. This work reflects the early 20th-century perspective on gender roles and the expectations placed upon women in the context of family and societal survival. The book delves into various forms of social control, including public opinion, law, education, and religion, which converge to subtly and overtly compel women to fulfill their roles as mothers. In this thought-provoking text, Hollingworth analyzes how societal pressures and established norms undermine the notion of maternal instinct as an inherent, overwhelming desire that drives women towards motherhood. She argues that childbearing is fraught with risks and sacrifices, often at odds with women's aspirations for personal autonomy. By highlighting examples of social devices—such as legal restrictions, public sentiment, and cultural attitudes—Hollingworth illustrates a systemic effort to bind women's identities to motherhood. The book ultimately calls for a re-examination of these social constructs and advocates for a reassessment of women's roles in society that goes beyond mere reproductive functions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/jstor-2763926 20230731155753hollingwor 1916 US Reading ease score: 48.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Women -- Social conditions Child rearing Public opinion Fertility, Human Social control HQ Text Category: Gender & Sexuality Studies Category: Sociology Category: Parenthood & Family Relations 57230 2025-06-29T09:42:51.301560 text/html 32206 2024-08-10T12:31:22 text/html 256654 2025-06-29T09:42:54.394588 application/epub+zip 255247 2025-06-29T09:42:52.620537 application/epub+zip 146391 2025-06-29T09:42:51.823564 application/epub+zip 761659 2025-06-29T09:42:55.769556 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 753407 2025-06-29T09:42:53.880569 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46325 2025-06-29T09:42:51.151578 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26262 2024-08-10T12:31:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16931 2025-06-29T09:42:55.899578 application/rdf+xml 13866 2025-06-29T09:42:52.113578 image/jpeg 2164 2025-06-29T09:42:51.965533 image/jpeg 853898 2025-06-29T09:42:51.316532 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia