Motherhood = mothers as a collective group, the state of being a mother, the qualities attributed to being a mother
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Welldon, 1992
Coined the term "female perversion", where women commit violence against themselves or others
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Resnick, 1970
Infanticide Act 1938 states that child must be aged under 12 months
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Weare, 2017
Infanticide is considered a female crime
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Ghosh, 2016
Motherhood and the reality of being a mother are 2 distinct phenomena
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Ghosh 2016 & Fishman, 1992
Women's role is child producer and child nurturer
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Feldman-Savelsberg, 1999
Women's sole purpose is child bearing
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Morris & Wilczynski, 1993
Normative expectations for all women to desire to be mothers...societal expectations mean women expected to "want to have children, to love them immediately, dearly and always; to put their interests first at all times"
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Kaplan 1984; Miller 1984; Surrey, 1985
Self-in-relation theory
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Welldon, 1994
Destructive rage
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Morris & Wilczynski, 1993
2 main discourses. 1 - all women potentially mad. 2 - all women want to be mothers
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Morris & Wilczynski, 1993
Dichotomy between 'good' and 'bad' mothers reinforces boundaries of behaviour considered appropriate for all women and mothers
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Weare, 2017
Bad, mad, sad labels... each of these narratives denies agency of female defendants (lack of choice in relation to ficidal actions)
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Lloyd, 1994
'Good mother' narrative is powerful. Large gap between institution and reality
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Miller, 2005
Many women worried/frightened to be mothers due to this notion
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Weare, 2013
Lack of services for "psychologically maladjusted" women
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Bernard, 1975
Discrepancy between idealised image of selfess mother and real experience. Real experiences = hard, repetitive, socially devalued, unfulfilling
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Motz, 2008
Idealisation denies potentially dangerous women posing risk to their children
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Card, 2002
Motherhood = ambiguous between experiences of mothers and the social institution that structures child-rearing
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Bernard, 1975
Exclusive activity of mothers has destructive effects on children and women themselves
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Klein, 1973
Biological explanations for women have always been prevalent
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Bernard, 1975
Women have control over their children
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Card 2
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Coined the term "female perversion", where women commit violence against themselves or others
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Welldon, 1992
Card 3
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Infanticide Act 1938 states that child must be aged under 12 months
Back
Card 4
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Infanticide is considered a female crime
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Card 5
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Motherhood and the reality of being a mother are 2 distinct phenomena
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