Women, marriage, and motherhood : the impact of childlessness on married women’s identities

• Main Author: Soh, Jeslynn Jia Min
• Other Authors: Lim Khek Gee, Francis
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/73670
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Childlessness disrupts the heteronormative ideals of marriage and motherhood. This leads to childlessness becoming a potentially stigmatising status that can affect women’s identities and relationships. Using a social constructionism framework, my research aims to explore the meaning of marriage and...