Abstract

With influence of feminist movement, women came out of their own houses and built up their careers by working two times more than men. The matter of having a child that was pushed into the background has come to the fore in their mid-30s. Working women, as mothers at the same time, tried to fulfil their two times more responsibilities. Superpower mothers come into pieces among the descriptions of working woman, housewife and mothers, because equal relations cannot be structured in public domains and also existence of the roles based on traditional gender patterns continues at home. These super women have not been supported by both government and their husbands in this process. Thus, women started to leave most ignorable area gradually and turned towards the home and their children. Today motherhood ideology is more powerful than the past. Mothers consider “Motherhood” as the meaning of life and realize themselves through motherhood. Today motherhood’s becoming more common with more extended limits results from unlimited realm of existence provided by motherhood. Can women build their careers and have children in the meanwhile? Or can’t they complete their existences and do they have hope for traditional roles?

Highlights

  • Women’s struggle for equal rights since 18th century has changed the form of various roles of femininity but it couldn’t prevent the ossification of some of the tasks of women and burden new ones instead

  • Interpellation of individuals as a subject can be observed in the way how women define themselves with motherhood

  • Women do not question the fact that if they are ready to motherhood or not, they only think of getting pregnant as soon as possible to take a place beside beautiful mothers

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Summary

Introduction

Women’s struggle for equal rights since 18th century has changed the form of various roles of femininity but it couldn’t prevent the ossification of some of the tasks of women and burden new ones instead. With the impact of the feminist movement which gained momentum in the 80’s, women wanted to get out of the house and make a career; they worked twice as much as men and finishing only college was not enough so they had to have a Master or PhD degrees They tried to deal with the dominant patriarchal values; sometimes they embraced those values in order to get involved in the business world and got used to them. The expenses of the house increases because of the cost of the baby like nursery They gradually leave one of these areas which are the most dispensable, and devote themselves to home and her child.

Louis Althusser-İdeology
Pierre Bourdieu-Masculine Domination
Different Factors Affect the New Motherhood
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