Browsing Human Development and Family Sciences electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Identifier "https://hdl.handle.net/10355/56186"
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(Re)constructing family images : stepmotherhood before motherhood
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Strong cultural values and ideals attached to women in families deem the role of stepmother as inferior to that of biological mother. While motherhood is celebrated, stepmotherhood is stigmatized, and women who assume a ...