Motherdom
When Alex Bollen had her first baby, the fear of being a bad mother made her guilty and anxious. A researcher with twenty years; experience, she went looking for answers. To her surprise the studies she looked at were exaggerated and misrepresented in the media, forming the foundation for what she c...
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| description | When Alex Bollen had her first baby, the fear of being a bad mother made her guilty and anxious. A researcher with twenty years; experience, she went looking for answers. To her surprise the studies she looked at were exaggerated and misrepresented in the media, forming the foundation for what she calls Good Mother myths. These myths are an assortment of narratives, ideologies and stereotypes, deployed to censure mothers and blame them for every societal ill.Incensed by the way bad science is used to shame mothers, Alex Bollen decided to set the record straight. With meticulous research and keen insight, Motherdom exposes both the shaky science and unjustified prescriptions about how mothers should behave. Competing visions of birth natural versus medical mean women can be criticised whatever happens, raising the odds that birth will be a damaging, even deadly, experience. Mothers are judged and belittled whether they breast- or bottle-feed their babies. Bogus claims about brain development and dodgy attachment theories mean that whatever mothers do, it is never enough.This has to stop. We must replace Good Mother myths with a realistic approach to parenting. Alex Bollen proposes motherdom, a more expansive conception of motherhood, which values and respects the different ways people raise their children. Instead of finding fault with mothers, Motherdom shifts our focus to the relationships and resources children need to flourish. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1520692026-06-15T06:14:09Z Motherdom Bollen, Alex Social Science Feminism & Feminist Theory Family & Relationships Parenting Motherhood Social Science Gender Studies bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFK Feminism & feminist theory bic Book Industry Communication::V Health & personal development::VF Family & health::VFV Family & relationships bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSJ Gender studies, gender groups When Alex Bollen had her first baby, the fear of being a bad mother made her guilty and anxious. A researcher with twenty years; experience, she went looking for answers. To her surprise the studies she looked at were exaggerated and misrepresented in the media, forming the foundation for what she calls Good Mother myths. These myths are an assortment of narratives, ideologies and stereotypes, deployed to censure mothers and blame them for every societal ill.Incensed by the way bad science is used to shame mothers, Alex Bollen decided to set the record straight. With meticulous research and keen insight, Motherdom exposes both the shaky science and unjustified prescriptions about how mothers should behave. Competing visions of birth natural versus medical mean women can be criticised whatever happens, raising the odds that birth will be a damaging, even deadly, experience. Mothers are judged and belittled whether they breast- or bottle-feed their babies. Bogus claims about brain development and dodgy attachment theories mean that whatever mothers do, it is never enough.This has to stop. We must replace Good Mother myths with a realistic approach to parenting. Alex Bollen proposes motherdom, a more expansive conception of motherhood, which values and respects the different ways people raise their children. Instead of finding fault with mothers, Motherdom shifts our focus to the relationships and resources children need to flourish. 2025-02-17T05:59:10Z 2025-02-17T05:59:10Z 2025-02-08T05:30:52Z 2025 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/98276 9781804297537 9781804297551 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/152069 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/98276/1/external_content.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/98276/1/external_content.epub https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/98276/1/external_content.epub Verso UK Knowledge Unlatched 9781804297537 9781804297551 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2025 Verso UK open access |
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