The wage penalty for motherhood is loosely understood as working mothers earning less salary than other women without children. It is not a hidden or new concept being introduced. In fact‚ it is almost accepted as normal. It is loosely understood because the reasons for this penalty aren’t well understood‚ yet it is clear that some pay gap exists. The real question is‚ what causes this wage penalty gap‚ and what steps and policies can companies use to reduce a gap that seems to be inevitable? The
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Trying to defend something with a bad reputation is hard to support. Not the defending‚ but the support. That is what “In the Defense of Single Motherhood” by Katie Roiphe from The New York Times‚ published in 2011‚ tries to do. Roiphe’s point was to get people to get rid of the bad reputation of single mothers. Katie Roiphe makes a good claim‚ however her lack of focus‚ tone‚ failure to use of ethos‚ and her questionable statics makes her claim ineffective. Focus is key in any sense keeps everything
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The Significance of The Character Shadrack in The Novel Sula By Toni Morrison The book Sula by Toni Morrison is regarded as one of Morrison’s best work because of the content and structure of the book. Shadrack is an important character in the novel although his appearance in the plot is fairly brief. His significance in the novel stems from the fact that he represents one of the recurring themes of the novel‚ which is the need for order. Since the need to order and focus experience is an important
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“Mrs Buddy Willard” Marriage and motherhood is portrayed as being a burden to the lives of women in both Top Girls and The Bell Jar. What are the Parallels and Contradictions of the portrayal of Motherhood and Marriage between the two texts? The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath and Top Girls By Caryl Churchill both feature motherhood and marriage as one of their main themes even though the texts were set at different points in time. The Bell Jar was published in 1963 around the time of the publication
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magical events occur. Sula‚ Toni Morrison’s second novel‚ is not exclusively devoted to the magic realism style. However it is a good illustration of the writing evolution of the author. Sula seems to be an introduction to Morrison’s work on magic realism. The following study will first analyze the magic realistic aspect of certain "scenes" in the novel and the feminist implication present through the characters. Disruption of time and space is a magic realism strategy. In Sula‚ we can study the disruption
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this idea of acceptance did not occur overnight. It took many years‚ and massive feminist movements to unite society and display the great value of women. During the time period of various minority rights movements in the 1800’s‚ in “Enlightened Motherhood”‚ Frances
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Nowocin English 1100 October 2014 “Motherhood: Who Needs It?” Reader Response Asking who needs motherhood is a bit of an understatement‚ in my opinion. Instead we should go deeper into it. What needs motherhood and why? Is it people‚ males‚ females‚ society or the planet as a whole? In the essay “Motherhood: Who Needs It?” written by Betty Rollin in 1970‚ I find so many unanswered questions and issues and my goal now is to find the answers to them. What is motherhood? Why exactly do‚ or don’t‚ we
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In Anne Bradstreet’s book‚ “The Author to Her Book‚” a poem is metaphorically written about the struggles faced in motherhood. The author compares her book to a child‚ that she is later unsatisfied with‚ although her friends think it is good. The author tries to care for it‚ protect it‚ and wash its face just like a mother would care for her child. The mother (author) is far from perfect when it comes to parenting skills for this child (book). She feels as if her book will never be written the way
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changed economically‚ socially‚ and into the adoption of republican motherhood and cult of domesticity. During the time of the Revolutionary War‚ society regarded women as the teachers of the "sons of liberty" which resulted in a higher status for women; their new importance led to the cult of domesticity in which women began taking more opportunities and a new attitude towards life (True Womanhood). Both "republican motherhood" and
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Motherhood can be a great honor and privilege to those who choose to be a mother. It can alter lives and change the basis of a woman’s world‚ as she creates life out of her own blood and flesh and becomes exposed to the purest form of love. Yet throughout history‚ motherhood has been warped; it is not always a choice for a woman to delight in and explore‚ it is sometimes forced upon her or used against her‚ making her a victim of her own womanhood. Although Addie Bundren‚ Sethe‚ and Medea made mistakes
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