ASA 2 A04
Week 8 Blog
For this week, I was interested in the reading called "Mothering Is Liberation: Giving Birth to Alagaan (Pedagogy of Care)" written by Allyson Tintianco-Cubales. While reading this piece, it got me thinking on how women within higher education have trouble balancing their profession as a professor and their role as a mother. The author, Tintianco-Cubales, discusses the constant struggles she has gone through thinking how she is not succeeding in her role as a wife, mother, and professor. It is as if there is no way to succeed at both and they would have to choose only one path. If a newly-mother decides to take maternity leave, it's as if they are neglecting their work as a professor. But also, if a newly mother decides to continue working, they will be seen as an unfit mother who does not take care of their children. To me, I think a lot of women tend to put off the idea of having children, in fear of losing track of their career. The idea of women having to choose either or is absolutely unfair. Why can't society see women being great at both roles? Why is there a stigma that women have to choose either or? In order form to succeed at both, there should be support and an understanding from colleagues and the institution. That way women are able to be a caring mother and be successful at their profession.
Image: https://medium.com/womenofsparefoot/what-its-really-like-coming-back-from-maternity-leave-and-5-things-your-company-can-do-to-make-it-a44da0ad20b
Valverde, K.-L. C., & Dariotis, W. M. (2019). Fight the tower: Asian American women scholars resistance and renewal in the academy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
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