American historian‚ somewhat agreed with Demos’ theory in 1975. They differ on the fact that Ryan does not believe that the girls were rebelling against their mothers but actually against the idea of motherhood in general.13 This plays back into Hale’s argument from 1702 that was mentioned above. Motherhood suffocated girls during the time of the trials because it was thought as necessary in Puritan society. Some girls may not have wanted to succumb to the role of being a mother or were scared to commit
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References: Barclay‚ L‚ Everitt‚ L‚ Rogan‚ F‚ Schmied‚ V‚ and Wyllie‚ A. (1997). An analysis of womens experience of early motherhood: Journal of advanced nursing‚ 25 (4)‚ pp.719 -728. Barrett‚ J and Newman‚ M. (2013). Meeting men’s needs in antenatal courses. NCT Perspective‚ 18 (March 2013)‚ pp. 3-5. Bronfenbrenner‚ U Burgess‚ A. (1997). Fatherhood reclaimed: the making of
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alternatives for families who get split apart as a result of incarceration. This paper will utilize the article “Motherhood as Punishment: The Case of Parenting in Prison” as a way to analyze a fairly new program called Visions that promises to offer mothers in prison a way to be in their children’s life while their incarcerated‚ but instead becomes a social system that utilizes motherhood as a tool for
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weak‚ inferior‚ and sexual objects because they were useless in contributing to the warfare. An example is the way Jewish women were treated by the Nazis during the Holocaust. As a result‚ the Nazis viewed Jewish women as an agent of fertility‚ motherhood‚ and homebuilders. During the Holocaust‚ women were considered useless‚ especially pregnant women and mothers of small children‚ due to the fact that they were unable to participate in tasks of the war. This counts for the fact as to why Jewish
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Hiding the Sex of their Flesh Throughout the history of Christianity‚ there have been many documents displaying stories of martyrs. The word ‘martyrdom’ is derived from the Greek martyrein‚ meaning ‘to bear witness’. In Christian understanding this has meant witnessing to Christ and to the Christian faith‚ even under pain of death at the hands of others. Most of these reports show martyrs as men‚ who demonstrate courage and honor in the face of those challenging their commitment to their faith
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In her essay‚ Yosano Akiko and the Taishō Debate over the “New Woman‚” historian Laurel Rasplica Rodd begins with the release of Henrik Ibsen’s provocative A Doll’s House in order to introduce the term “new women.” Coined by Ihara Seiseien‚ this phrase‚ just like the aforementioned play‚ represented how women were redefining their roles in all spheres of Japanese society (i.e. the home‚ workplace‚ education‚ and sexuality). Rodd continues by introducing the four prominent women in the debate over
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A Woman’s Role Have you ever thought about how a woman’s role in the household would be like 50 years ago? Consequently‚ the role of women in the 1950s was suppressive and constrictive in many ways. Compared to the role of a woman today‚ the role of women in 1950 had different expectations‚ roles‚ and opportunity. Society had placed a high significance and many expectations on the performance at home as well as in public. Women were supposed to fulfill certain roles‚ such as a caring mother‚ a
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We live in an exciting time full of wonders. Advances of technology and science changed the very fabric of our existence. They made our life more convenient. The distances got shorter and information became readily available at one’s fingertips. But there is more - now science can help to challenge the Nature herself and to say yes when she says no. One of such things is in-vitro fertilization‚ or IVF. At the beginning this technology was used mostly for impregnating younger women with premature
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Margaret Sanger published letters from mothers in 1928 that described the hard lives they lived because of involuntary motherhood. She hoped that Americans would realize just how much birth control could help those women‚ and others to come. Sanger received thousands of letters‚ each from mothers asking for “deliverance from the bondage of enforced maternity." At the time
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What does it take to be viewed as a woman or a mother? Womanhood is the qualities considered for a woman and motherhood is the qualities of raising a child. Although they are different‚ these roles play a huge part in a woman’s life. In the novel‚ Brave New World‚ written by Aldous Huxley‚ women are not viewed as mothers‚ they are viewed as sex symbols. Woman in the dystopian society of the brave new world shy away from traditional womanhood by being promiscuous and taking mandatory birth control
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