Rhoda M. Ibrahim After a journey so long and tiring indeed, Like a fully loaded camel, tired as you are under the load, You at last set a camp, beside a hamlet with no blood ties to you, Your livestock will need, to be always kept in sight, Your beast of burden will need to […]
Месяц: Сентябрь 2015
What made women so angry at men?
Women became angry at men in part because they compared themselves to the successful heterosexual white man — not to the plight of the black and native American man, or to the ostracism of the gay man, or the invisibility of the poor man. But this was only part of it.. . Women as the […]
LIMINALITY AND. THE COURAGE TO CHANGE
Making the Decision to Become a Single Mother Gina Schecter James was my first really true love relationship. But it just wasn’t meant to be. We shared quirky amusements—like who could do the Sunday crossword puzzle faster—and I admired his artistic talents. He would wake me up in the morning by playing music at the […]
Hungry for Motherhood: The New Mother
Being “stuck” has a vivid meaning in the context of a traditional, mainstream life sequence in which marriage is a prerequisite for motherhood. Stymied in their efforts to give and get commitment, many women have abandoned the belief that marriage is an essential part of the family equation. The women in this study set marriage […]
The emergence of the multi-option woman and the nooption man
Today, when the successful single woman meets the successful single man, they appear to be equals. But should they marry and consider children, she almost invariably’ considers three options: Option 01: Work full time Option 02: Mother full time Option 03: Some combination of working and mothering He considers three slightly different options: Option 01: […]
Responding to the Tensions. of Work and Family
This page intentionally left blank Chapter I The Social Context:Motherhood in Decline? N ’ ot too long ago, caring for children was unquestionably the most important activity that women performed in society. Before the 1960s, it was customary for mothers not to work outside the home, a convention acknowledged and reinforced by social policy. For […]
Responding to the Tensions. of Work and Family
This page intentionally left blank Chapter I The Social Context:Motherhood in Decline? N ’ ot too long ago, caring for children was unquestionably the most important activity that women performed in society. Before the 1960s, it was customary for mothers not to work outside the home, a convention acknowledged and reinforced by social policy. For […]
Why Do We Age? Biological Theories of Aging
LEARNING OBJECTIVES • How do rate-of-living theories explain aging? • What are the major hypotheses in cellular theories of aging? • How do programmed-cell-death theories propose that we age? • How do the basic developmental forces interact in biological and physiological aging? B efore he started selling his Lean Mean Grilling Machine, George Foreman was […]
How successful men freed women but forgot to free themselves
Abigail, a typical 1890s woman, had eight children. She almost died twice in childbirth. By the lime her last child left the house, she was dead. Cindy, a typical 1990s woman, was single until she was 25 After she married, she bore two children. When her last child left the house, she had another quarter […]
FEMINISM, FOUCAULT AND THE POLITICS OF THE ACADEMY
Feminism’s intersection with Foucauldian analysis and concepts has changed the content and focus of the ‘power-knowledge’ debate within feminism. Understanding patriarchy—‘the knowledge project’—within feminism has become both more complex and diversified. In addition, the nature and application of feminism can be seen to mean different things to those inside and outside the academy. On one […]