Selling Anonymity: The Market for Secrecy Around Illegitimate Births
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DOI: 10.1177/03631990221079774
Abstract: Giving birth out of wedlock was associated for centuries with shame, economic burden, and secrecy. Unmarried pregnant women could escape stigma by travelling away from home and purchasing a confinement elsewhere. They could hide there… read more here.
Keywords: selling anonymity; pregnant women; unmarried pregnant; anonymity market ... See more keywords