Becoming an Unwed Mother

A Sociological Account

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology
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Author: Prudence Mors Rains ISBN: 9781351327787
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: September 8, 2017
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Prudence Mors Rains
ISBN: 9781351327787
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: September 8, 2017
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Most unmarried women who engage in sexual intercourse do not become unwed mothers; they use contraceptives, secure an abortion, or get married before the baby is born. What happens to the minority of women who bear illegitimate children? This book is the first study to describe in detail the actual situation of unwed motherhood, as opposed to the causes and pathology of deviance. Based largely on observation of middle-class white girls in a psychiatricallyoriented mater nity home and lower-class black teenagers in a day school for unwed mothers, the study focuses on the unwed mother's moral career as it is shaped by social agencies.

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Most unmarried women who engage in sexual intercourse do not become unwed mothers; they use contraceptives, secure an abortion, or get married before the baby is born. What happens to the minority of women who bear illegitimate children? This book is the first study to describe in detail the actual situation of unwed motherhood, as opposed to the causes and pathology of deviance. Based largely on observation of middle-class white girls in a psychiatricallyoriented mater nity home and lower-class black teenagers in a day school for unwed mothers, the study focuses on the unwed mother's moral career as it is shaped by social agencies.

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