In “Mothering Is Liberation: Giving Birth to Alagaan Pedagogy (Pedagogy of Care)”, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales discusses the balance between mother and professor. She shares her experiences of when people doubted that she was a mother and a professor because of the way she acted or dressed. Society has separate expectations of how a mother and professor should act and dress, as if it wasn’t possible for a woman to be both. If you’re too focused on your career, it means that you’re not a good mother. On the other hand, if spend too much time on your kids, you can’t be a good mother. There’s also the idea that one cannot be both a good mother and a good professor – you have to choose one. This is a stigma that disadvantages women. Employers could be less inclined to employ women because they believe that they would spend less time working once they become mothers. However, Professor Tintiangco-Cubales concluded in the reading, it is possible to be both a good mother and a good professor, but it’s not something that can be done alone. It requires a community. This could come in the form of colleagues supporting one another and institutions providing resources for mothers to help them balance between work and family. Being a mother should not be deemed a weakness. Companies have a part to play in dissolving this stigma.
Question: What resources do employees, who are also mothers, require to feel supported by their companies?
References:
Valverde, K.-L. C., & Dariotis, W. M. (2020). Fight the tower: Asian American women scholars resistance and renewal in the academy. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
Tamannabavishi. (2018, March 25). Dilemma of a Working Mother..!! Retrieved from https://tamannabavishi.wordpress.com/2017/03/03/dilemma-of-a-working-mother/
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