For week 5 our theme is part 2 of
the previous week’s theme of “Do or Do Not. There Is No Try”. For this week I
am particularly intrigued by the reading titled “Mothering Is Liberation” where
the author talks about how women with children are discriminated against in
academia. This form of discrimination in academia seemed to be practiced to
both tenured and nontenured women according to Cubales. Further on in the
reading Cubales argued ways and alternatives in how mothering and professorship
could go hand in hand. How a holistic mix of these two elements could bring
about better health and well-being both on an individual level and on an academic
level.
It never
seemed to cross my mind that women with children are discriminated in academia,
moreover they also need to spend more time to care for their children besides
their studies. So, it is definitely more pressure for women with children in
academia as compared to other regular students. Hence, I support the movement
to stop discrimination against them in academia and providing more support for
them to succeed in it. I still think that the examples and views that Cubales
gave in the reading are quite extreme forms of discrimination against women
with children because I can not see myself or others that I know around me to
do those things or think in that way. So my question is: Aren’t we all more
equal today than ever before?
Sources (APA):
Cubales, A.
(n.d.). Mothering Is Liberation. Retrieved July 18, 2019, from
https://canvas.ucdavis.edu/courses/392140/files/folder/Weekly
Readings/Week5?preview=6353494
Get it right,
son.: Funny: Asian jokes, High expectations Asian father, Asian dad. (n.d.).
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