Maternity

Motherhood has been viewed as a glorified state throughout decades and mothers have been held to a high standard. Abby Arnold, the author of “The Rhetoric of Motherhood”, explains that these views have “became the justification for political and economic restrictions on women, the foundation for placing on the mother sole responsibility for how her children developed.” Through our language, lack of considering the fathers roles, corporate structure and stereotypes, we are still stuck with these…

experience and pursuing different options. In my maternity clinical I was lucky enough to help deliver a baby and that was an unforgettable experience. I jumped right in and started coaching the mother and it just came naturally. I felt very comfortable and almost felt like I belonged. After, the mother told me she would’ve never thought it was my first time in the delivery room because of how I acted. That was a huge compliment for me! But, not all of maternity is happy like that occasion and I…

family is breaking up, and that old pillars which supported the family as a social unit are being removed”2, referring to the nature of the reconstruction that was to occur in the new communist society. The workers state was to provide communal maternity homes and day nurseries in order to support all mothers. Such establishments were near necessary, due to the devastation of the civil wars that preceded the revolution, displacing 7 million children, leaving them homeless3. These state run…

Employers continue to punish women for having children. For example, employers are not required to pay women when they take a maternity leave. The United states is also one of the few countries that lack a government-mandated childcare system. According to Rebecca Traister, author of the article, “Labor Pains,” “The Family and Medical Leave Act, currently the only federal leave…

The Continuing Problems of Racial Wage Gaps As time has progressed, the racial wage gap has been been increasing significantly, seen especially through blacks and whites. Wage gaps are seen everywhere in the workplace whether it is due to race or gender inequality. Initiative towards the abolishment of wage gaps, especially racial gaps, must be taken soon or else racial wage gaps would continue to exist for decades to come. Through the use of media, readers are able to be informed of the rising…

Gender roles, or a prehistoric, trivial aspect of human interaction is the norm on how we act, behave, and respond to things we have done. Words like “Traditional” and “Orthodox” make me sick; gender roles and stereotypes are not imperative in society. The responsibilities of the world aren’t delegated to certain genders. Gender roles must be abolished from every aspect of life. The whole idea negates all nations and limits advancement of human beings. The areas of high gender inequality and…

Throughout history, women have been making lower salaries than men. In 1963 an equal pay act was passed, fast-forward 46 years later, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay of 2009 was passed. Then in 2014, President Barack Obama signed two executive orders on equal pay. It is now 2016 and women have not yet achieved equal pay with men. Women 's average yearly salary is still less than men 's. Many have placed the blame on women 's lack of negotiation and personal choices. Such as women leaving work due…

Making America Hate Again To be able to vote is undoubtedly one of the greatest aspects about the United States of America. The ability to chose our leaders and practice a democracy is something citizens of other countries only dream of having. Because of this freedom, Americans should always vote during the elections, especially this year’s Presidential election. This election is an especially unique one; the Republican candidate is a businessman with no political experience, while the…

From the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, industrialization and expansion changed the face of American society. The rise of poverty and class disparities encouraged social reformers to try and better the nation. Members of these reform organizations attacked prostitution, illegitimate pregnancy, marriage, and a myriad of other social “ills.” While men commuted to work, Victorian middle-class homes became the domain of women, who entertained guests, educated and raised the children and…

example of an allusion regarding Pearl is, "An object to remind him of the image of Divine Maternity… of that sacred image of sinless motherhood, whose infant was to redeem the world... Here, there was the taint of deepest sin in the most sacred quality of human life, working such effect, that the world was only the darker for this woman's beauty, and the more lost for the infant she had borne." Divine Maternity relates to Virgin Mary’s pregnancy, an image of “sacred, sinless motherhood,” with…