Stereotypes Of Stepmothers

The impact of the stereotype and how stepmothers are dealing with it.

The image of the evil stepmother has been detrimental to stepmothers causing stepmothers to seek out other stepmothers who have the same challenges as them. This mutual challenge has brought stepmothers together in online forms and workshops which direct woman on how to cope with their position within their new family. (Name 2003) Tobin interviewed stepmothers so that she could analyze their current feelings towards the stereotypes. Tobin’s research concluded that many of the stepmothers had high levels of depression and constantly worried about rules set by the birth mother. The high level of stress and anxiety was also from the stepmothers attempting to define her own role within the family. (Tobin 2010)
She explains this name as an easy name so that children don’t have to use the term stepmother or have to call her by her first name. XXX defines “Mama Too” mother to be seen in a positively and are well liked by birthmothers because of the respect they hold for the birth mother, they do not attempt to replace the birth mother. (Name, 2002) Personally I think the idea of coming up with a different name for stepmothers can help rid them of the negative connotations that are connected to the word stepmother. I do have to say that I do not believe that “Mama-too” is a fitting name to be used and that it makes me think this stepmother is trying to be a replacement to the birth mother which was talked about earlier as a negative stereotype of a