By Mary Langan
Deals a brand new point of view on feminist social paintings which takes account of the complexity of the manifold oppressions that impact the lives of most ladies and such a lot social paintings consumers.
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Motherhood The social construction of motherhood, and the ways in which the state views women as mothers, have been subjected to considerable feminist analyses (Badinter 1981; Antonis 1981; David 1985; 1986). While a positive value is conferred on women who are mothers, and indeed if you are married it is thought to be unnatural not to want to be a mother (Maclntyre 1976), women receive little support as mothers, as it is assumed Women and Oppression 21 that they are dependent upon a man. Notions of what makes a good mother are very often middle class, thus making working-class women at greater risk of intervention by the welfare state (David 1985).
As Ahmed points out: The argument is not against better cultural understanding but against an over-reliance on cultural explanations which distract attention both from significant emotional factors as well as structural factors, such as class and race (Ahmed 1986:140). Although this argument applies to black women, and specifically to social work clients, it can also be employed in relation to white working-class women, who may also be subject to cultural misconceptions, and the nature of their gendered experiences misunderstood and oversimplified.
It is not only black families that may be seen in a negative or discriminatory way. Any family structure which does not conform to the idealized notion of the nuclear family may be penalized and treated differently by the welfare state. Concerns about the single mother and her dependency upon the state rather than a man have led government ministers to propose policy changes which would discourage single parents and emphasize the financial responsibilities of fathers for their children. If we are to understand the ‘anti-social’ nature of women’s experiences of family life, an analysis which takes account of class and race is of paramount importance.