Published: 2017-04-04

The social image of disabled women’s motherhood

Magdalena Wałachowska
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Articles and essays
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2017.1.14

Abstract

The aim of the article is to present motherhood as a social role of women with disabilities. In the article’s introduction the author defines such concepts as social role,  social relationships, social system and describes the mechanism of cultural patterning. The first part of the article refers to motherhood as a fundamental social role of women. It is presented from the historical and post-modern trends perspective, at the same time taking into consideration the needs and obligations socially associated with that role. The second part deals with the social image of the motherhood of women with disabilities; the third section describes the physical, psychological, cultural and infrastructure barriers which make the decision to become a mother difficult for women with disabilities. The summary of the report demonstrates a positive rehabilitating presence of family and motherhood in the lives of women with disabilities.

Keywords:

motherhood, social role, woman with a disability

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Wałachowska, M. (2017). The social image of disabled women’s motherhood. Pedagogical Forum, 7(1), 197–210. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2017.1.14

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