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Motherhood By Amber Kinser Chapter Summaries

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1.) Overall main topic of this book connects between the issue of motherhood and feminism. One major key point I found while reading this book is the author, Amber Kinser explains the growth and progress of the role of mothers in the american society meaning how the roles have changed overtime. A major theme of Kinser’s book is that the public debates may focus on mothering, but the issues affect us all. Cutting back on health care for women, on education, and on jobs for teachers, social workers and others in the service sector have their greatest impact on mothers, but they affect all of us. Motherhood becomes a symbol for how men and women, single and married, gay and straight, deal with the need for individual options and the need to act for the good of others. 4.) The term feminism means the support of women rights to have equality of both male and females and the social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men. I agree that women should have equal opportunities to men. I think equality is a positive thing for society. We should all be respected and treated equal regardless if you're male of female. Feminism is a positive thing in my opinion. …show more content…

Without mothers, we wouldn't have won the right to vote. Without feminism, moms wouldn't have the rights they have today. Women's liberation has identified with women as part of motherhood and how women activists and mothers need to reevaluate issues identifying with motherhood today. A lot of Kinser's book describes how motherhood was a important topic for the women in the early 1900’s, rights development which prompted the conceding of voting rights to women over

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