Bowlby Ethical And Social Implications Analysis

This quote contains a plethora of different ethical, social and economic implications which are both positive as well as negative. The main focus of the quote is that women are better at raising a child to become healthy and strong rather than a man or father.
Some social implications are; Bowlby highlights the importance of the first attachment relationship to the individuals’ future relationships which argues that their first attachment with their primary care-giver being women or man helps the child to develop a sort of role model which they can strive to be. This is a positive as it indicates that the primary care-giver doesn’t have to be women it can be the father of the relationship also. This internal working model acts a cognitive framework towards the child and helps the child understand the fundamentals of understanding the …show more content…
parents mother or father ignoring the infants needs and wants and ignoring their opinion. Long term consequences can occur which can alter the way the infant behaves in the future, some of these are; delinquency e.g. ignoring rules, reduced intelligence, increased aggression which can lead to serious physical and mental injuries and also depression. In some cases it can also cause affectionless psychopathy which is an inability to show affection or concern to your peers e.g. no guilt if a friend is in deep trouble due to your actions. Another negative is that stay at home parents who may be viewed as non contributors to their family are shown to have a lower self esteem due to society, having a lower self esteem means that little emphasis is put to raising the infant in the long run. Dual parenting which goes against the quote supports equality for women and men in their workplace, for example when the mother works the father can look after the child and vies versa if the father