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All in the Family.(The Broken Hearth: Reversing the Moral Collapse of the American Family)(Review)
The Broken Hearth: Reversing the Moral Collapse of the American Family, by William J. Bennett (Doubleday, 199 pp., $22.95)
Words shape thoughts as much as thoughts shape words, George Orwell maintained, and surely the phrase "single mother" proves his point. Unlike descriptive phrases like "unwed mother," this new term erased the distinctions among widowed, divorced, unmarried, and even adoptive mothers-and thus obscured any sense of disapproval, responsibility, or shame. Advertisers were quick to target the "single mother" as a new demographic category, and baby showers for unmarried women became common. ("I'd be happy to send a gift to the wedding," a nervy ...
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