Mothering experiences of professional women in Turkey : child bearing, child caring and child caring

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Kaya, Özlem

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This study scrutinizes the mothering experiences of professional women living in İstanbul. It is about class based mothering experiences of professional women, who are being influenced from both mothering and professionalisation ideology. It analyses many different aspects of mothering experience starting from the pregnancy period to the decision making about the socialization of children through their relation with the changing understanding of control on mothering experience. It is argued that professional understanding of mothering necessitates being successful and this necessity is supported by the mothering ideology assigning women as the primary responsible parent from child caring. Professional women, who have been considered as advantageous because of both their class positioning and professional role in the labor market, continue to experience the burden of the gendered structure of parenting. On the other hand, they have an active role in the reproduction of gender and class based structure.

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Sociology.

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http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12610251/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/18335

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Ö. Kaya, “Mothering experiences of professional women in Turkey : child bearing, child caring and child caring,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2008.