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Maternal Desire

Maternal Desire is a theoretical construct in feminist sexuality theory that designates the psychosocial and embodied longing for motherhood as a site of female agency, distinct from biologistic or patriarchal formulations of maternity by centering women’s subjective, volitional, and affective engagement with reproduction and caregiving.

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12.5K

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410

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196

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2017–2026

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Publications

194

The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood

Julia Wrigley, Sharon Hays · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1997 · 2.8K citations

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The Cultural Contradictions of Motherhood

1996 · 865 citations

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The cultural contradictions of motherhood

Choice Reviews Online · 1997 · 643 citations

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Parenthood As A Developmental Phase: A Contribution to the Libido Theory

Therese Benedek · Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association · 1959 · 482 citations

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Timidity prevents the virgin female rat from being a good mother: Emotionality differences between nulliparous and parturient females

Alison S. Fleming, Carolla Luebke · Physiology & Behavior · 1981 · 304 citations

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Authors

410

  1. SH
    Sharon Hays

    3 publications · 3.2K citations

    3

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  2. JS
    Jennifer S. Barber

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 98 citations

    3

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  3. WB
    Warren B. Miller

    Transnational Family Research Institute, United States

    3 publications · 68 citations

    3

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  4. YK
    Yasamin Kusunoki

    University of Michigan, United States

    3 publications · 98 citations

    3

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  5. EH
    Elizabeth Heavey

    University at Albany, State University of New York, United States

    2 publications · 39 citations

    2

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Institutions

196

  1. Transnational Family Research Institute

    Aptos, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    68 citations

  2. Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Brussels, Belgium

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    134 citations

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    238 citations

  4. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    722 citations

  5. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    196 citations

  6. University of Sheffield

    Sheffield, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    126 citations

  7. Bowling Green State University

    Bowling Green, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    53 citations

  8. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    484 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 11 publications · 1.1K citations

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  2. Hypatia

    6 publications · 229 citations

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  3. Journal of Marriage and the Family

    6 publications · 288 citations

    6

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  4. PubMed

    Repository · 5 publications · 137 citations

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  5. Signs

    4 publications · 359 citations

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