I'm understanding more of this "momism" that I've heard about. From Wordnik.com. [Moms take down Motrin - Feministing] Reference
There is a lot of "momism" in this country which is strange because the majority of women are moms although that number is getting smaller. From Wordnik.com. [Moms take down Motrin - Feministing] Reference
An afterward briefly summarizes the work of sf author Philip Wylie (When Worlds Collide) who coined the term "momism" to explain how sentimentality and over-simplification would be the ruin of American Democracy. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW: Infinity Plus - The Anthology edited by Keith Brooke and Nick Gevers] Reference
On momism and readjustment, see Plant, "The Veteran, His Wife, and Their Mothers." back. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II] Reference
Not surprisingly, given popular anxiety about momism, Dumas and Keen's primary advice to mothers was to "cut those apron strings.". From Wordnik.com. [Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II] Reference
A predictable result of such concerns, given popular condemnation of momism, was the servicemen's fear that their sons had become sissies. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Yourlovin: GIs, Gender, and Domesticity during World War II] Reference
There is enough ‘momism’ in our society, I would hope that anyone calling themselves a feminist would understand that moms deserve just as much respect as those who choose not to be or cannot be. From Wordnik.com. [Moms take down Motrin - Feministing] Reference
Michaels, takes a stab at it by suggesting that the old “feminine mystique” has morphed into a “new momism,” a perfectionist ideal of motherhood that torments women with standards no mortal can meet. From Wordnik.com. [More links!] Reference
That's a momism for, ironically, what other people would call swellheaded. From Wordnik.com. [News from www.rep-am.com] Reference
This new momism - which bears no resemblance whatsoever to the nefarious force of cultural castration Philip Wylie named in his 1942 book, "Generation of Vipers" - has found avid cheerleaders for a number of years in the world of mommy blogs and books like Katherine. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
Thus, as if it were not enough that the political and collective urgencies of the sixties consigned the anti-hero and the anti-novel to the ash-can of history, we now find them being revived as a paradoxical sign of the good old days when all we had to worry about were psychological problems, momism, and whether television would ruin American culture. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Mental multivitamin (M-mv) in momism (MOM-iz-ehm) noun. From Wordnik.com. [04.04] Reference
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