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Nobody asked the mother: women and maternity on Simbo, western Solomon Islands

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Family Dynamics and Relationships Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes

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‘I don't believe you. They say that because they're infertile … The life of a mother on Simbo is very hard but if I have no children, then why am I on this earth? And my life will be empty. 1 Look at Zila 2 [a woman in an infertile marriage] who has nothing except cats and adopted animals. Will her cats carry her coffin or cry for her? But my children stop me from doing all the things I need and want to do in the church and the UCWF and the lineage. The life of a mother on Simbo is very hard.’ Gure, explaining her equivocal reaction to hearing that some Western women are intentionally childless.

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