Feminist Discourse and Motherhood Issue An Analytic Theoritical Study

Abstract

The study discusses the issue of Motherhood in feminist discourse and the discourse of the three feminist waves, which see Motherhood as one of the most prominent factors of women’s oppression and liken it to slavery, which reduces their existence and being to childbearing and raising children. The first wave of feminism proposed the idea of denying or abandoning Motherhood as an alternative solution to the oppression she suffers that robs her of the freedom to work and self-fulfilment. The second wave demanded the right to abortion as an alternative to Motherhood, which it considered an obstacle to self-realization and the exercise of its functional and social freedoms. The radical wave proposed a bolder solution: her right to choose Motherhood if she desired. However, the social relationship of Motherhood would rob her of her will and freedom, so she should resort to technology in order to become a mother through what is called artificial insemination. Thus, she will have become. Her freedom and social and professional ambitions are restricted without a marital relationship.

The ideology of the feminist movement played a significant role in changing the social awareness of women in various parts of the world, and Kurdish women had a share in the development of social awareness that changed their vision of Motherhood and began to view it as a problem in need of logical and practical solutions. Motherhood in modern Kurdish society has become one of the problems that hinder the development of working women and has increased their daily, social and psychological burdens. However, the effects of the alternatives proposed by the feminist movements varied according to the social conditions on the one hand and the extent of the Kurdish women’s ability to choose those alternatives and solutions, especially since some of what the feminist movements proposed were completely contradicted the religious and value heritage in Kurdish society, and this is what prompted her to choose alternatives that are more in line with social values and norms, such as birth control and regulation, and at other times secret abortion, or the inability to choose any of the alternatives for reasons and motives, some of which are religious. Others are social and psychological, as Motherhood, despite its difficulty as a gender role, is still a supreme value in Kurdish society, and regardless of the suffering that a mother woman witnesses, society still values the mother’s status and classifies her among the highest social ranks.