Motherhood

‘Morning Song’ both explore the idea of a loss of identity due to motherhood. Harwood’s poem follows an unhappy woman oppressed by her role as a suburban mother on Boxing Day. On the other hand, Plath’s poem journey inside a mother’s mind as she rapidly beings to lose a sense of identity after the birth of her child. Both poets use structure, symbolism, language and the title to explore the idea of identity loss through motherhood. Both Harwood and Plath have utilised structure to explore the…

immediately, first line Gwendolyn Brooks’ poem “The Mother” fulfills its responsibility of meeting culturally imagined standards with something utterly different through the poem’s conception of motherhood. A poem with a title that implies it will discuss an individual mother, or an archetype for motherhood is followed by the line: “ Abortions never let you forget.” In the cultural imagination,…

Emma Goldman on Demoralizing “Moralities” In “Victims of Morality” Emma Goldman argued that women perceive marriage as a necessary, negotiable agreement whereby wives sell their bodies as sexual commodities in exchange for economic stability from their husbands. During the early 1900s, a woman’s virtuous sexual freedom served as a threat to a husband’s expectations, and activists similar to Goldman fought to redefine this notion of sexual freedom. Societal institutions, embedded within…

analyzes the effectiveness of my question in my group leader assignment for the understanding of course material. What is the Ideology of Fatherhood? The topic of Sexuality, Gender & Family and Motherhood focused on the struggles of being a mother and some of the ways society views mothers, mothering, and motherhood. In my group — which was all female, including a mother — we went through each question assigned with ease, but we found the questions too rigid to create a steady discussion…

day with no help from a nanny, friends or a spouse. Now that motherhood has taken over there is no room for personal time or for friends because motherhood says that there are greater responsibilities at hand. How can the same situation be looked at in two entirely different ways? Because poetry has many different techniques to express one very similar thing in two different ways. Although both Rita Doves and Linda Pastan discuss motherhood…

Gardner, Renee Lee. “Subverting Patriarchy with Vulnerability: Dismantling the Motherhood Mandate in Toni Morrison's Beloved.” Women's Studies, vol. 45, no. 3, Feb. 2016, pp. 203–214. MLA International Bibliography [EBSCO], doi:10.1080/00497878.2016.1149029. Accessed 28 July 2017. In this journal article, Gardner explores the character of Sethe in relation to the institution of motherhood. Sethe is described as a slave mother who, desperately trying to spare her children from the horrors of…

However, I realized there are a lot of other moms out there who feel the way I do. So I decided to share my journey with you all. I'm new to motherhood and I'm learning as I go. Whether it's sharing a funny story, providing a recipe for dinner, or giving you tips on how to breastfeed. I want to help and let you know that you are not alone. But, motherhood isn't just about our children. It's also about self-love. Taking care of ourselves mentally, physically, and our relationships is equally as…

“The hegemonic institutions of nineteenth-century society required women to be objects in marriage and in motherhood, existing as vessels of maternity and sexuality, with little opportunity for individuality”, says expert Jennifer B. Gray (53). One such example would be Edna Pontellier from The Awakening. In Kate Chopin’s The Awakening, Edna is not viewed as the “mother-woman” and is contrasted with Adele Ratignolle at various times. Edna faces many challenges in her marriage and trying to be…

SOCIAL EGG FREEZING : does it really empower women? RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: This research project is a study on the impact of social egg freezing on the life of a woman. more importantly the aim of the project is 1 what are the social conditions that pushes a woman to take help of egg freezinng? 2 to ascertin whether social egg freezing empowers woman and help bridge gender gaps 3what are the long term risks that come with social egg freezing? is it really worth taking so much risk? 4what are…

A Sorrowful Woman The Gail Godwin story, “A Sorrowful Woman” demonstrates the role of devotion in marriage and motherhood. One night, a wife became depressed and sick from her motherhood duties. The husband understood that she needs a break, helped her to bed each night, performed all her duties, and decided to get a baby sitter for the son. The wife fired the baby sitter, and locked herself up in her room. One day, she went out from her room, made the husband and the son a meal, and locked…