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Motherhood Julia Nusbaum Motherhood Julia Nusbaum

Choosing Motherhood

In high school, my philosophy teacher assigned each student a different question and corresponding primary sources for our term paper. He assigned me the question, “Are women free?” and handed me a Sandra Bartky article that outlined the fragmentation, domination, and objectification the female body endures.

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