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Orna Donath, born in 1976, is a sociologist at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheba, where she carries out research on the social expectations particularly faced by women. After her study Making a Choice, which was published in 2011 and examined Jewish women in Israel who decide against children, Regretting Motherhood is her first international book publication. Beside her academic activities, she is involved in volunteer work at the Hasharon Rape Crisis Center in Raanana, whose chairperson she is.

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	Regretting Motherhood 4.10 avg rating — 4,449 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ממני והלאה: הבחירה בחיים בלי ילדים בישראל by Orna Donath, אורנה דונת 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Preconceived: Challenging the Preconceptions in Our Lives by Zale Mednick, Alana Phelan (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Andrew Roberts (Contributor) 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ser o no ser madres. Maneras de estar en el mundo by Orna Donath, María Rosales Fernández (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sociologie et sociétés. Vol. 49 No. 1, Printemps 2017: Injustices épistémiques by Valérie Amiraux, Nicolas Sallée (Introduction), Peter Richter 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“An early desire for nonmotherhood is seen as the primary deviation a girl can take from her path toward becoming a socially acceptable woman, and it is often thought to be something that will change, or align, with time.”
― Orna Donath, Regretting Motherhood

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“Women, especially those over the age of 30, are caught within a mind-game of threats and warnings: Your time is running out for making a family. You may think that you’re not interested in being a mother, but you are wrong; the desire will strike you eventually, but then it will be too late. You are going to regret this.”
― Orna Donath, Regretting Motherhood

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“When it comes to reproduction and the transition to motherhood, it is crucial to cast doubt on this rhetoric of all-embracing choice: how much room to maneuver do women actually have if we are free to choose only what society wants us to choose?”
― Orna Donath, Regretting Motherhood

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