After reading "Mothering is a Liberation: Giving Birth to Alagaan Pedagogy (Pedagogy of Care)" by Allyson Tintianco-Cubales, it is thoughtful to look at how female scholars balance her work at the academic and her role as a wife and mother. College professors have to deal with hundreds of students, or children in their eyes in their daily work, and they might lose the time to spend with their own families and children. Although it is hard to find a balance between her work and families, does it really necessarily mean that she should be the one that takes care the children and clean the house all the time? The answer is definitely no. The family is made up by men and women, and each of them should all participating in caring the homes. If the wife is really busy at work, the husband might choose to carry up the things happened inside the house. The care of home should be flexible and balanced, not forced or pressured.
The female Asian professor looks confident and happy at work, and the role of carrying the family should really balanced depends on each wife and husband's role at their work. One question developed is that "Is the role of a family determined and balanced only by how much his/her earnings, status and power?"
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Google Image: http://weai.columbia.edu/dorothy-ko/
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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