Naomi Wolf was a John Adams guest in 1998 with the release of her book Promiscuities. Wolf’s Misconceptions is certain to spark intense debate over the myths and expectations that underlie contemporary pregnancy and birth, as well as about what mothers truly need.

Wolf, a renowned feminist, explores how pregnancy and impending motherhood have challenged her sense of self and her assumptions about feminism and independence. I was reading a decorating magazine (we all have our vices). It had been an arduous week of the usual combat for liberty, but there had been victories. Expelling other myths, she describes how difficult and lonely it can be to care for a child and to be a working mother. Dr Naomi Wolf Jul 17 1,252 889 I was relaxing in our screened porch in our little cottage in the forest, feeling rather pleased with myself.

Wolf, through her own difficult experiences of first-time motherhood, claims that birth in America is often needlessly painful. Naomi Wolf played a leading role in so-called third-wave feminism and as an advocate of power feminism, which holds that women must assert themselves. Wolf attacks the patronising misinformation given in the best-selling American guidebook What to Expect When You are Expecting. Beatrijs Smulders, advocate of Dutch-style confinement, obstetric and author of Veilig Bevallen ( Safe Delivery) introduced Naomi Wolf and moderated the discussion with the audience.

Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth, has written an uncompromising account of the painful truth of motherhood in contemporary America. Naomi Wolfs first book The Beauty Myth made her name. The John Adams Institute welcomed best-selling author Naomi Wolf to speak on her work Misconceptions ( Valse Verwachtingen, published by De Arbeiderspers). Feminist and activist Naomi Wolf is the author of The Beauty Myth, Fire With Fire and The Treehouse.

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