Essays on Motherhood

A coming of age novel, Olive Schreiner’s The Story of an African Farm highlights the fates of three children, each holding differing positions toward the gender roles that confine their society.. The character of Lyndall, orphan and cousin to Em, strongly contrasts both Em and her caretaker, Tant Sannie, who easily conform to male authority…

“Before you turned your back and walked, fading, into the mist” (Chipasula page 31). This poem sounds like the last goodbye from a daughter to her loving mother. A mother is someone who can take the place of others but no one can take the place of her. There are many definitions you could use…

While people navigate through their respective roles in society, the public sees vastly different pressure points for men and women. In the article provided by the Pew Research Center, ‘large majorities say men face a lot of pressure to support their family financially (76%) and to be successful in their job or career (68%); much…

To begin with, the statistic that a woman makes eighty cents on the dollar that a man earns for the same work is simply false. It is a common misinterpretation of the unadjusted gender wage gap, which compares the median salaries of men and women that work full-time; Thus, a more accurate representation would be…

Abstract I wanted to identify the ways there is gender discrimination present in the workforce. This was important because as someone who is going to be entering the workforce soon I needed to know what injustices I may experience. The gender discrimination is very present in the workforce. Women are treated less than men. They…

Walker in Meridian shows how motherhood is ‘an angel of seeing life,’ of esteeming all life, of opposing all that may crush it. It emphasizes that motherhood isn’t only biological state however an attitude towards life. Walker centers around the wide racial encounters of African-American and as a ‘ champion of the Womanist world’ she…

The moral and ethical questions that arose from surrogate motherhood came about due to advances in modern technology. Without new reproductive technologies (NRTs), questions confronting ethicists and infertile couples today would have been moot and academic since the only possible recourse would be adoption. An issue of surrogate motherhood does not involve a few individuals…

Adolescence is one of the most rapid phases of human development. Although, the order of many of the changes appears to be universal, their timing and the speed of the change vary among and even individuals. Both the characteristics of an individual and external factors influence these changes (WHO, 2018). According to Wikipedia definition, adolescent…

Babatunde, Mark. “7 Most Fascinating Traditional African Baby Naming Ceremonies.” Face2Face Africa, 16 Oct. 2016, face2faceafrica.com/article/7-fascinating-traditional-african-baby-naming-ceremonies. This article discusses the naming ceremony of new babies in Africa. The naming ceremony of a baby is one of the most important ceremonies held in African culture. In traditional African society, the naming ceremony announces the birth of…

Introduction Gender discrimination at the workplace is a serious problem even in the present day modern world. Gender discrimination occurs when a person is treated in the work place on the basis of their gender. it’s illegal in the workplace when it affects the “terms or conditions of employment”. This is a huge problem in…