Not a mother, yet a woman: Exploring experiences of women opting out of motherhood in India

Bhambhani, Chandni; Inbanathan, Anand

doi:10.1080/12259276.2018.1462932

Cited by 21 publications

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“…D'autres travaux montrent également que les familles avec un enfant unique représentent une nouvelle tendance dans le pays (Basu et Desai, 2016). En outre, de récentes études qualitatives décrivent comment certaines femmes actives indiennes vivant dans des métropoles comme Bombay, Chennai, Vadodara ou Pune, donnent la priorité à leur carrière et à leurs aspirations personnelles plutôt qu'au fait de simplement devenir mères (Bhambhani et Inbanathan, 2018).…”

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Éducation et infécondité en Inde

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Sarkar²,

Guerrouche³

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“…The values of the traditional family include filial piety (respect and obligations toward parents) and familism (prioritizing family needs above all others) (Burholt et al, 2017). Marriage is considered a social duty to the family (Nanda, 2019), and married couples are expected to have children (Bhambhani & Inbanathan, 2018). Voluntary childlessness is rare, and women who do not have children are stigmatized (Riessman, 2000).…”

Section: Culture In India: the Traditional Indian Familymentioning

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A Cultural Framework of Care and Social Protection for Older People in India

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Abstract. This article applies a cultural political economy lens within a sustainable livelihood framework and examines how cultural norms and values as well as social protection amplify or attenuate livelihood shocks leading to care-home entry. We used framework analysis and higher-level interpretive analysis of data from interviews with 30 older care-home residents from three districts in Tamil Nadu, India, to understand the practices that allow the social welfare system to function alongside the beliefs and values legitimizing these practices. Results reveal a divergence between the value orientation of social-protection policy and cultural practices which constrains the choices available for care in later life and reinforces culturally constructed inequalities rather than protecting or remediating livelihood shocks and loss of assets.

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“…Additionally, the social imperative of parenthood may be more pronounced in cultural groups collectivistic in nature (Uzun, 2018). For example, in Asian Indian culture, a female is socialized from childhood to be a reproducer of the family; a childless woman is deemed deviant and denied the status of adult (Bhambhani & Inbanathan, 2018). Becker et al (2006) found that low-income Latinx couples christened children the foundation of marriage, ruling one without children a failure, likely to result in separation.…”

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confidence: 99%