Recreating Motherhood

Rothman, Barbara Katz

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“…Twenty-two years ago, Rothman (1989) suggested that ideologies of motherhood were interwoven with ideologies of patriarchy, technology and capitalism (Rothman 1989). This interconnect continues to be relevant today.…”

Section: Ideologies Of Motherhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The women did question: (i) the attitudes encountered when interacting with caregivers and (ii) the practice of pathologising and problematising of their disability. Although the caregivers' attitudes and practices disrupted the women's assumptions of the self, none of the women questioned or rejected the normative practice of the medicalisation of childbirth, the majority of women willingly submitted the self to the authority of the medical discourse (Oakley 1979, Rothman 1989, Sargent and Bascope 1997, Fox and Worts 1999, Miller 2000a, 2000b, Kennedy 2002, Miller 2003, Miller 2005, O'Connor 2006, Devane et al 2007). …”

Section: Assuming a State Of Helplessness When Interacting With Othersmentioning

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(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Lawler

Begley

Lalor

2015

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Aim This paper presents a substantive theory that explains the transition to motherhood for women with a disability. Background Over the last thirty years, interest in exploring women's experiences of motherhood has increased. Extant theories on transition to motherhood originate, primarily, from the perspective and experiences of non‐disabled women with few exploring the phenomenon from the perspective and experiences of women with a disability. Those that do tend to focus on issues of accessibility, profiling the challenges that women with a disability encounter while accessing maternity services, attaining a maternal role and fulfilling the requirements of that role. Little is known about the experiences of women with a disability and their transition to motherhood and even less about the relationship of this process on the self. Design The study was conducted using a Strauss and Corbin approach to grounded theory. Method Individual interviews (n = 22) were conducted over 4 years (2008–2012). Women were interviewed during pregnancy and in the postnatal period. All interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, imported into Nvivo 8 and analysed using the constant comparative method. Findings The substantive theory that emerged from the study provides a conceptual framework clinicians can reference when counselling, assisting and facilitating women with a disability during their preparation for and transition to motherhood. Conclusion The substantive theory presented in this paper will increase clinicians' understanding of the process involved in the transition to motherhood for women with a disability.

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Section: Ideologies Of Motherhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Assuming a State Of Helplessness When Interacting With Othersmentioning

confidence: 99%

(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Lawler

Begley

Lalor

2015

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…However, this notion of choice has been problematized for years and for several reasons [12][13][14][15][16]49]. The first reason is that this choice is based on what would, in other circumstances, be considered insufficient information; screening only indicates the chance of having a child with a genetic condition, and the prognosis, as touched upon above, can be uncertain.…”

Section: A New-genics? the Example Of Down Syndromementioning

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Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening

Thomas

Rothman

2016

AMA Journal of Ethics

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“…Becker (2000) revealed how the notion of family values, being laden with moral authority and influencing the choices taken, became a cultural tool within the political debate of ART in the US. In the US, Rothman (2000) suggests, motherhood rests on three deep-rooted ideologies: patriarchy, technology and capitalism. In contrast, in Norway the parallel ideological pillars backing the new debates of parenthood would be equal opportunities, technology and the welfare state.…”

Section: Equality Within the Norwegian Contextmentioning

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Gender and Bioethics Intertwined

Spilker

Lie

2007

European Journal of Women's Studies

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The article analyses the debate on egg donation in Norway using source material from the parliamentary debate of amendments to the Biotechnology Law. In both policy documents on bioethics and the Biotechnology Law, gender is not a spoken issue, but bringing egg and sperm directly to the fore highlights how gender is implicated in bioethics debates. Gender perceptions affect the understanding of `what egg and sperm may do' at the same time as the debate sets established perceptions of gender in motion. In Norway, gender equality is a valid and important premise within the general political debate. It is, however, contested as a valid argument in the context of egg donation, which therefore becomes a field of negotiations about the limits of equal opportunities. The article analyses the egg donation debate as a process of cultural co-production and asks how the Norwegian emphasis on gender equality influences the debate on egg donation and, vice versa, how debates of assisted reproductive technology (ART) reopen debates on gender in relation to reproduction and parenthood

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Recreating Motherhood

Cited by 49 publications

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(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

(Re)constructing Myself: the process of transition to motherhood for women with a disability

Keeping the Backdoor to Eugenics Ajar?: Disability and the Future of Prenatal Screening

Gender and Bioethics Intertwined

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