tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569002993319817123.post8608929558063266277..comments2019-04-21T03:57:54.829-07:00Comments on Motherhood in post-1968 European Literature Network: Report on Workshop 2: Mothering and Work: Employment Trends and Work, by Katarina CarlshamreAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01664165744232621567noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569002993319817123.post-23966822855288444952019-04-21T03:57:54.829-07:002019-04-21T03:57:54.829-07:00Positive site, where did u come up with the inform...Positive site, where did u come up with the information on this posting?I have read a few of the articles on your website now, and I really like your style. Thanks a million and please keep up the effective work. <a href="https://richmomlife.com/" rel="nofollow">mommy influencers</a><br />Jack Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933608625883364901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569002993319817123.post-62212011923372137202019-04-20T02:22:51.537-07:002019-04-20T02:22:51.537-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jack Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933608625883364901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569002993319817123.post-34435258679731741092012-11-24T13:16:34.634-08:002012-11-24T13:16:34.634-08:00Thanks, Janneke, for the comments. I was mainly th...Thanks, Janneke, for the comments. I was mainly thinking about the presentations, sorry about that. And thank you for the MMM survey. It was an interesting, but to me a partly disturbing, read. <br /><br />The positions of the NGO Mouvement Mondial des Mères make me think of the small Swedish political party, the Christian Democrats, which holds 4% of the national votes (i.e. not representing very many Swedish mothers). (Several of the organisations which MMM thank at the end of the survey are indeed Christian, and the pro-life “Droît de naître” is also there) MMM claim for example that:<br />”During this "family season" mothers desire to be at home when their children are not in school, and they overwhelmingly prefer part-time work and flexible schedules. The full time employment of the father helps enable this.”<br />http://www.mmmeurope.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=75:position-paper-concerning-demography-in-the-eu&catid=36&Itemid=154&lang=en<br /><br />The idea that mothers should (desire, they say) be at home with the children and the fathers should (what the fathers desire we don’t know) be encouraged to work full time to support their family is a solution to the work-life balance problem which sounds very 1950’s (or Christian democratic) to my ears... <br /><br />MMM’s survey on “Mothers in Europe” is based on quite few respondents, unevenly distributed throughout Europe. There are 3640 French mothers, only 382 British mother, 278 Swedish mothers and 32 Portuguese mothers to cite some examples.<br />Not only do they pretend to speak in the name of “Mothers in Europe”, but their use of the idea of choice (and desire) is quite disturbing. <br />“Mothers want to choose themselves how they will rear their children and manage their family. They do not want to be herded by imposed rules written by economic planners.” (p. 5)<br />Choice when it comes to parenthood is a truly complex matter, and I am bound to agree with Tina Miller and many others, who claim that our choices are much more rooted in traditional gender expectations than we might want to acknowledge when it comes to parenthood … And usually the advocates of this stance do want the economic planners to be involved, only with a different plan. <br /><br />So, an interesting read, but a clearly ideological one, and not an ideology I agree with. <br /><br />Comments anyone?<br />kchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261414136563215155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569002993319817123.post-91070855574151347582012-11-16T03:23:32.286-08:002012-11-16T03:23:32.286-08:00On behalf of Janneke van Mens-Verhulst:
Nice repo...On behalf of Janneke van Mens-Verhulst:<br /><br />Nice report, Katarina! <br />May I add that my statement about the similarities between the West-European countries was based on more than information from the UK and Italy? <br />It also involved data from The Netherlands (based on my hand-out "Emancipation Monitor") and Germany. Besides, I consulted the (comparative) report "Facts and Figures from the 2011 Survey of Mothers in Europe", a report that can be downloaded as http://www.mmmeurope.org/ficdoc/2011-MMM-Facts-and-Figures.pdf<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01664165744232621567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569002993319817123.post-75625003420849431692012-11-09T04:33:58.017-08:002012-11-09T04:33:58.017-08:00Two links related to the topic:
"La Barbe&quo...Two links related to the topic:<br />"La Barbe". A feminist group who work with irony:<br />http://labarbelabarbe.org/La_Barbe/Accueil.html<br /><br />A blogpost I found the other day about parental leave in the UK, and in Sweden:<br />http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/2012/10/25/27973/kchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17261414136563215155noreply@blogger.com