mother and what it is to be, considered a father. The discourses that surround

motherhood and fatherhood are slowly being deconstructed by the shift from

contemporary to current issues. Through the work of Tallcott Parson, Marxism and

Bowlby we are given the opportunity to compare their work to the structualist

functionalist and the feminist movement to create our own idea of what motherhood

and fatherhood is considered to be. Furthermore when looking at motherhood and

fatherhood we cannot disregard one's cultural capital and the reality that the

discourses surrounding motherhood and fatherhood are socially constructed.

When looking at motherhood and fatherhood in recent times some discourses

remain the same as when Tallcott Parsons was studying motherhood and fatherhood

in the 1950's. However with the help of the feminist movement there are cracks being

formed within the discourses. Post structualist feminists work to deconstruct a

problem. An example of this of this may be the realisation that mothers are not

necessarily the primary caregiver. Tod

bring a child into this world it should not matter if they are brought up in your typical

with majority of women still earning only forty five per cent of a man's wage, men are

want to be due to the discourses surrounding sexuality. They have to construct their

1970's believes the contemporary myth of motherhood as resting on three beliefs that

fact that they earn higher wages which means more money generated for the family.

In the late 1950's through to the 1970's women were denied access to birth control

not have to leave their children at home by themselves (Sherwood, 1999).

Hwang 1986 as cited in Everingham, 1994). This initiative is useful in breaking

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