confrontations and protest of self-emancipation. This awakened woman earnestly desires to arrest her individuality as a human being. The Indian and Western woman deny to sit in the band – wagon of male dominated society. She awakens with a new sensibility and sensitivity which is essentially her own identity. In spite of being bind in traditions, ancient family and marriage laws of divorce, adoption, rape, dowry, inheritance and sexual exploitation, she is intensely eager to assert a new
the history, the role of women has been built around motherhood. According to Shurko (2012), reproductive body of women is seen in terms of “compulsory motherhood” (p. 78), which determines the only possible way of life of women and her body. It means that women should strive to fulfill their reproductive function that includes not only giving the birth for a child but also having responsibility in upbringing him/her and taking care of a family. Moreover, the desire for having a baby has been traditionally
The Mental Health Providers of Western Queens is a community-based agency that provides a wide array of services. Since it’s a community-based agency, the clientele are from the Western Queens area of New York and some portions of Brooklyn, New York. There are four departments in the agency, such as the Consultation Center, School Based Services, Care Management and Recovery Services. My internship focused on the Care Management aspect of the agency. The Care Management department administers
A critical analysis of Commercial Surrogacy and Human Rights in Indian Legal System ‘He is my son’; ‘No he is mine’. After hearing both the ladies, the King delivered his judgment. ‘Divide the living child into two, and give half to one and half to the other’ For many in India womanhood is defined by becoming a mother. Surrogacy and Indian Legal System: The legal position of commercial surrogacy in India has been complex since its legal recognition in 2002 through the Indian Contract Act, 1872
marriages and living in “blended-family households,” African Americans seem to be experiencing an increase in the number of children born to single women, from 66.7% in 1990 to 68.9% in 1999 (Cook, 1). Though it appears that the number of total children born has increased, it has in fact decreased, and the African American population in America grows at a slower rate, again, likely due to the unavailability of suitable black men for marriage and ability to support a growing family. The American social trend
34). Towards the end of the chapter, the story is brought back into reality as Kingston reveals that her real life is disappointing. She lacks the bravery and command she has in her fantasy of being Fa Mu Lan—her family does not respect her, and she has grown to loathe their misogynist sayings and attitudes towards girls (Kingston, p. 35). In her fantasy, she led an army--at her workplace, she meekly stands up to her racist boss and gets fired (Kingston, p. 37).
when he was born, his parents die, and his country is taken away', which depicts the expected image of a man in the society that men should not be weak to cry more than three times. In a similar context, a saying ‘Be a man!’ is often used in the western culture. While the image and role of men in the society seem to emphasize the strength and powerfulness, 'be a woman' or 'be a lady' ask women a totally different image emphasizing softness and nurturing rather than any power-related one. These different
Syrian Christian family is patrilineal in nature, the sympathies of the parents lay with their sons and women are often given a paltry amount as dowry. The saddest thing is that the bride has no control over the money that she brings. The huge amount of money demanded by the bridegroom’s family and the obligation to provide the same for a daughter at marriage brings in lot of financial strain on her parents. Often the greedy husband pesters his wife to bring more from her natal family. Thus the word
overtime. As nurses, it is important to assess and treat each person or family with a distinct
shacks. Poor families were pushed to the outskirts of the city, because of housing development, into shanty towns where the infant mortality rate was high, people were starving to death, drug lords were governing forces, addiction was rampant, and there was no indoor plumbing or electricity. Child of the Dark, a diary written by Carolina Maria de Jesus from 1955 to 1960, provides a unique view from inside the poverty of Brazil’s favelas, discussing the perceptions of good motherhood, race disparities