After reading the article “Mothering Is Liberation: Giving Birth to Alagaan Pedagogy”, I began to have more thinking on how women balance their work and their family, especially when they are pregnant and become a mother. At some point, the definition of a “good” mother has been a stay-at-home mom who raises her children at home every day. Why can't a successful professor be a successful mother? In the article, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales talks about her challenge in playing multiple roles in her life as a community-engaged mother scholar of color.
This is not a new topic, because there are so many examples in our lives. Many women entering the workforce are afraid of planning to have children because they fear it will be a weakness in their work. They fear that their position will be taken by men during their pregnancy. The stereotype that women should raise children at home has made it difficult for them to move forward in the workplace. Women are just not as competitive as men. This is undeniable. Why can't we just give women a little more leniency? The greatest thing about women is that they give birth to the next generation. It's supposed to be the glory of motherhood, why let it be their weakness?
My question is in order to let the mother scholar be treated more fairly, what should the institution do? What should the community do?
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.
Photo:
Bassman, Kaye. “Balancing Family and Work.” Kaye/Bassman Blog, 30 May 2012, www.kbic.com/blog/blog/recruiting-executive-search/balancing-family-and-work/.
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