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Volume : II, Issue : X, November - 2012 REDEFINING WOMANHOOD BINDA SAH DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : One is not born, but rather becomes a woman – this thought provoking
statement of Simon de Beauvoir in her book The Second Sex is the starting point of this
paper. What goes into the making of a woman, what factors are at work in the
conceptualization of womanhood? The paper critically focuses on the various modes of
woman identity and sternly advocates the sexual autonomy for woman in order to
achieve a conclusive woman identity. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : BINDA SAH, (2012). REDEFINING WOMANHOOD. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. X, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1577.pdf References : - Andermahr, Sonya, etl. A Glossary of Feminist Theory. Arnold. London. 2000.
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