Susan Rubin Suleimman's Writing And Motherhood

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I want to say this essay from Susan Rubin Suleiman, “Writing and Motherhood”, it is a refection of all these women’s and motherhood structure, which it can lead to the determination if mother are strong or weak in their roles of being a mother. Referring to the question I do think that women capacities for mothering and abilities to get pleasure from it, which it can lead to the western culture. Referring to their nature they are strong women’s were they can sacrifices themselves in order to protect their children’s. I can say Suleiman claim to say that women’s metal structure leads to the purpose of becoming something else than mothering, for example like a writer, athletes, artist, musician, or to be in a professional field, like a doctor,

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