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Terror laktacyjny w przestrzeni wirtualnej
Lactational Terror in Virtual Space

Author(s): Aleksandra Marcinkiewicz
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Social development, Social differentiation, Crowd Psychology: Mass phenomena and political interactions
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: lactational terror; motherhood; social pressure; woman;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of paper is to show problem of putting social pressure on mothers to breastfeeding. The internet forum about terror lactation was analyzed. In research used qualitative analyses of context. The results of study had shown the ratio of mothers to breastfeed, forms of pressure on mothers and social groups which put this pressure. It was shown stereotypes which exist in virtual space about women and breastfeeding.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 119-134
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish