Motinystė tarp feminizmo teorijos ir praktikos

LTStraipsnio tikslas - aptarti, kaip kito feminisčių požiūris į motinystę ir kokius pokyčius ši teorija suteikė motinystės, kaip kasdienio reiškinio, tikrovei. Siekiama apžvelgti būdingesnes moderniojo, antrosios bangos feminizmo požiūrio į motinystę raidos tendencijas, padėjusias pamatus nūdienos daugiabalsiam postmoderniajam feminizmui, apie kurį analitikai sako, jog „feminizmų yra beveik tiek pat kiek ir feminisčių“ [5,141 ]. [Iš leidinio]Reikšminiai žodžiai: Feminizmas; Motinystė; Feminism; Motherhood.

ENOver the past decades matemity/motherhood became a popular theme for analysis. This article looks at the evolution of feminist theories on motherhood. The main attention is paid to the "second-wave" feminism (Adrienne Rich, Julia Kristeva and others). One of the important postulates of feminism is to draw a strict distinction between femininity and motherhood: woman should not be identified with her biological and social functions. In the course of many centuries woman was assessed by her ability to give birth, therefore the analysis and actualisation of motherhood was so important to the feminist thinking. However, it is important to understand that motherhood is related to the dualism firmly rooted in the Western thinking, when the soul is considered separate from the body, and woman is traditionally regarded as more dependent on the body. Man's creativity is, for example, associated with his spiritual abilities, while woman's - with reproduction. Feminist writers and critics attach particular importance to the mother-daughter relationship. As the dominance of technology is being put to doubt during the last three decades, the attention to the conditions of childbirth has increased, and the conviction that pregnancy and childbirth is not a disease and does not require medical intervention if it goes without complication, has been reborn. [From the publication]

• Filosofija / Philosophy
• Sociologija / Sociology
• Psichologija / Psychology