Mature Unwed Mothers

Introduction—Motherhood as a New War Zone.- Moral Psychology in War.- 1. Motherhood as a Moral Position.- The “Separate” Moral Position.- “Separate” Moral Resistance in War.- “Separate” Moral Resistance in the Family.- The “Connected” Moral Position.- “Connected” Moral Resistance in War.- “Connected” Moral Resistance in the Family.- 2. Motherhood as a Wish.- The Wish for a Child.- Age 30—A Cut-off Point?.- “Thirty-Nothing”?.- The Decision to Have a Child.- 3. Motherhood as a Decision—1983.- The Origin of the Idea of Out of Wedlock Childbearing.- Past Abortions.- Type of Pregnancy.- Expectations Regarding the Child’s Gender.- Reasons for Planning and Keeping the Pregnancy.- Coping with the Consequences of the Action.- Childbearing and Self-Satisfaction.- The Experience of the Father.- Present Dilemmas and Future Orientation.- The Economic Dilemma.- 4. Motherhood as an Experience—1990.- Miri, 43, a Teacher, Mother of a 13-Year-Old Son.- Roni, 44, an Artist, Mother of a 14-Year-Old Son.- Shimrit, 50, a Clerk, Mother of a 13-Year-Old Son.- Tina, 50, a Retired Army Officer, Mother of a Nine-Year-Old Son.- Nurit (1990) 50, Elementary School Teacher, Mother of a Seven-Year-Old Son.- 5. Motherhood as Development—1997.- Ayelet (1983) 37, Mother of a 3-Year-Old Daughter.- Ayelet (1990).- Ayelet (1997).- 6. Motherhood as Narrative of Moral Resistance.- Women’s Narrative of Resistance.- Geography of the Possible?.- Redefining “Otherness”?.- Liberation from the Other’s Discourse.- Ways of Facing Conflicts?.- A Practice of Preservative Love?.- Ways of Living with Others?.- Mature Unwed Motherhood as a Missing Text in Therapy.- Language.- Reality.- Self.- Truth.- Knowledge.- Power.- 7. Conclusion.- Motherhood as a Moral Position.- MoralPsychology and Resistance Reconsidered.- References.