Feminism and the wish for a child

Gerson, Mary-Joan

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“…Since interest in parenthood motivation was originally a response to population overgrowth, foci of early research were family size intentions and alternative satisfactions to parenthood (Beckman, 1976;Hoffman & Hoffman, 1973). Later, the feminist revolution in psychology brought new attention to the meaning of parenthood for young women; Russo called for the "development of procedures to study motherhood rather than mothers" (1979, p. 9) in an effort to differentiate biological from sex role influences.In general, researchers have noted a negative association between feminist sympathies and motivation for motherhood (Gerson, 1984;Hare-Mustin & Broderick, 1979;Lott, 1973). There has been considerably less interest in why men want to become fathers; in fact, the small body of work on maleThe author wishes to express her appreciation to Linda Berman, M.A., for her help in computing the results of this study and to Susan Bram, Ph.D., for a critical reading of an earlier draft of the manuscript.…”

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The Prospect of Parenthood For Women and Men

Gerson

1986

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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This study, which involved older subjects of both sexes (113 women, 75 men) and variables drawn from a psychodynamic perspective, is an extension of an earlier investigation that explored parenthood motivation in young women. Though feminism was not significantly related to motivation for older subjects of either sex, in both investigations psychological variables accounted for greater variance in female motivation than did demographic variables. The uniquely significant psychological variables in this investigation were narcissism, self‐esteem, and memories of father's love. However, demographic variables alone accounted for differences in male motivation. Perceived importance of having a child to the fulfillment of life values was studied as well, with self‐esteem, judged effect on one's own parents, and age as instrumental variables for women, and religious background, socioeconomic status, age, and marital status as key correlates for men.

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“…In general, researchers have noted a negative association between feminist sympathies and motivation for motherhood (Gerson, 1984;Hare-Mustin & Broderick, 1979;Lott, 1973). There has been considerably less interest in why men want to become fathers; in fact, the small body of work on male…”

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1986

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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“…As well, a significant correlation between a measure of parenthood motivation and the femininity scale of Bem's BSRI has been found (Gerson 1983(Gerson , 1984. In fact, married women who do not plan to have children are both younger and tend to have lower femininity scores on the BSRI than women who want and plan to have children (Hoffman and Levant 1985).…”

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Suppressing and Priming the Motivation for Motherhood

Boucai

Karniol

2008

Sex Roles

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In study 1, 148 married and unmarried childless Israeli women (mean age=25) indicated how often they think about having a child, their desired age for having a child, and justified not being mothers, with or without being primed with photographs of babies. Priming and marital status impacted the motivation for motherhood and the justifications for not being mothers. In study 2, the same procedure was used with 137 unmarried, childless Israeli women (mean age=24) whose gender role orientation was assessed. The impact of gender role orientation and priming on the motivation for motherhood and the justifications for not being mothers were complex, with femininity playing a much greater role than masculinity. The findings were discussed in the context of the myth of motherhood and its influence on the lives of women.

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“…Gerson encontró que las mujeres que se identificaban con movimientos feministas estaban menos interesadas en tener hijos, mas también que esas diferencias no se relacionaban con una valoración menos positiva de la maternidad. El interés en esta variable corresponde a una proliferación de los movimientos feministas en la década de 80 generando interés en encontrar relación con el comportamiento reproductivo (Gerson, 1984), pero desafortunadamente en la actualidad no se han desarrollado más estudios sobre el tema.…”

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Revisión sistemática del estudio de las motivaciones para la parentalidad

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Borsa

2019

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La presente revisión sistemática busca identificar, evaluar y sintetizar los estudios empíricos sobre Motivaciones para la Parentalidad publicados en ocho bases de datos electrónicas previamente escogidas. Producto de la combinación de descriptores en inglés, portugués y español se hallaron 1345 artículos que fueron evaluados a través de criterios de exclusión. La muestra final estuvo constituida por 49 artículos que fueron analizados en nueve categorías divididas entre aspectos generales y resultados de las investigaciones. Los resultados muestran un interés creciente en el estudio de las MP desde diferentes teorías pero se constató la carencia de estudios sobre esa temática en el contexto latinoamericano. El modelo TDIB de Warren Miller presentó una mayor aceptación para la instigación y medición del constructo. Se encontraron variables personales, culturales y contextuales relacionadas al estudio de las motivaciones para a parentalidad. Finalmente se describe diferentes limitaciones metodólogas que fueron mencionadas por los investigadores.

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Feminism and the wish for a child

Cited by 13 publications

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The Prospect of Parenthood For Women and Men

The Prospect of Parenthood For Women and Men

Suppressing and Priming the Motivation for Motherhood

Revisión sistemática del estudio de las motivaciones para la parentalidad

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