Tell Me Something True with Laura McKowen

Erin Lane on the Scripts That Hurt Mothers (and non-mothers, too!)

08.25.2022 - By Mikel Ellcessor, Laura McKowenPlay

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When we hear things like “Motherhood is the toughest job…” or "You don't know love until you become a mother" we’re encountering the social scripting that defines what’s “normal” for the majority of American women. Erin S. Lane's book "Someone Other Than A Mother" shows us how these scripts shape the lives of mothers, and non-mothers, too, and how they hold us back.

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