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Motherhood Myth By Betty Rollin Summary

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It is not natural that Mother’s Day appears in the United States, or any other celebrations of mothers and motherhood have begun around the world; however, society, especially each individual in our society, respects the greatest things of motherhood. The image of mother always makes people feel to be under a warm, safe, and protected shelter. Nobody can deny the influence of mother’s role. However, Betty Rollin attacks to the Motherhood Myth, “The idea that having babies is something that all normal women instinctively want and need and will enjoy doing,” defined in her essay “Motherhood: Who needs it?”, and claims it inexact (Rollin 286). This is an extremely risky stand when Rollin works against the traditional conception about woman, who
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