Motherhood

Motherhood should never be a punishment. Abortion is a fundamental right and should stay legal in all places for all people. A common misconception about abortion is that the child is able to feel being aborted and that it hurts the fetus. But what people do not know is that the child is actually not able to feel pain until around the twentieth week of gestation. Studies show that less than two percent of abortions occur after twenty weeks. So, for the most part,the baby isn’t physically harmed…

Gloria Estefan described motherhood like this, “Motherhood is. . .difficult. . . and rewarding”. This is an accurate description of the hardships many mothers go through in raising children. Raising children is difficult in part because of the multitude of ways parents could raise them. Parents resort to a multitude of methods ranging from outrageous to courageous, the effectiveness of these methods has been investigated by many of today’s poets and authors. In “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, the…

Bridging these fields of study, this unique analysis discursively traces pop culture representations of butch lesbian parents. Specifically, I contribute to the current research in three ways. First, little feminist research has been carried out on motherhood in recent years. There…

Current-day motherhood presents a constellation of challenges to mothers. Many people do not understand what being a mother entails. A particular blog, called Of Moms And Men, is a series of posts documenting the life of a mother of three children. This blog takes into account many of the factors that make motherhood challenging and often time demanding. Of Moms And Men provides concrete evidence that backs up a wide range of scholars’ claims about motherhood and how it is gendered and the…

happening in female’s status. Their education began taking place due to the expectations for the New Republic’s citizenry as well as changing the social patterns; these new expectations for America’s citizens led to the idea of Republican motherhood. Republican motherhood is “the belief that women should pass on Republican values to the next generation”; this gave women more rights to education. Highly intelligent and pure citizens was a necessity to the success of the nation; this was the…

considered the motherhood function was such an important duty for women, Ibsen, one of the promoters of the woman revolution, expresses his ideas of motherhood function in his literature works. His two plays, A Doll House and Hedda Gabler shows his point of view of motherhood function. Ibsen compares and contrasts new women’s belief about the motherhood function as an optional and nonessential decision with…

Motherhood is such a beautiful thing. It is an experience of immense joy along with excitement. For some, motherhood is marked by the first year they spend as a mom. It is different for everyone and it comes with many challenges. Some of the most exciting, joyful and challenging moments throughout motherhood occurs within a baby’s first year. I interviewed two participants (new moms) and asked a series of questions regarding changes, development and growth between themselves and their babies. To…

Motherhood “When the real history of mankind is fully disclosed, will it feature the echoes of gunfire or the sound of lullabies? The great armistices made by military men or the peacemaking of women in homes and neighborhoods? Will what happened in the cradles and kitchens prove to be more controlling than what happened in congress?” (Pearce, Virginia) Being a mother has never been an easy task;throughout time it has required a woman to balance her needs with the needs of her children, teach…

Shelley explores her own understanding of motherhood and parenthood but also adapts and changes the universal concept of these themes. The universal concept of motherhood in the 18th century was the care-taker, educator and punisher, the mother had little else to do besides caring for the children. Mary Shelley lost her mother due to post-natal complications and thus was raised by her father and later step-mother, exhibiting her own tragic understanding of motherhood as well as her the loss of…

In Terry Hekker’s articles, “The Satisfactions of Housewifery and Motherhood/Paradise Lost”, and in Hope Edelman’s article, “The Myth of Coparenting: How it was supposed to be. How it was.”, the authors elaborate on their stances of housewives in this modern day and age. While Edelman expresses her enmity for getting stuck in the “mother” role she has in her family, Hekkers primarily discusses the benefits of being a housewife in today’s hectic age. Although Hekker’s articles seem to be in be…