A women's core identy is related to her role as a wife and a mother?

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Answer 1

Wife and mother are only "roles" that many women assume. One's "core identity" is diseased when it is based merely on the subjective composition of cultural roles one assumes. Our core is not about the roles we play in our lives with others. Our core is about ourselves.

Answer 2

Actually I think a woman's core identity evolves over time. Speaking from personal experience, for the most part, as long as I'm doing things well, being productive and have a direction and focus, I'm feeling pretty good about my identity and who I am, and the roles I play in this life have changed and evolved over time. So it has more to do with how well I 'play' the roles that I chose. Right now I happen to be a wife and mother, and I am doing my best to do those well, and it is core to my identity. In addition, I am a small business owner and that plays a big part in my identity and how I view myself. 20 years ago I was a student and my role was to study and I did that well all the way through college. I did have an identity crisis after college, because I didn't have a plan, and I had very little direction.

Answer 3

Disagree, A woman is identified by who and what she is and what she stands for. wife and mother are just two of many roles a woman has in life, not all women are destined to become mothers or wives, but they have strong identities as a person. I would hate to think that the only thing that makes me worth while on this earth is being someones wife or mother.

Answer 4

For me this is true. I am not yet a mother but I am a teacher so I feel like I am getting lots of practice. However i think this is different for everyone, men and women. If a woman has a family then yes, this should be the core of her identity, as should a man's if he is "married with children". If the man or women does is not married and/or does not have children they may associate their identity with their job, friends, hobbies, parents, etc.

Answer 5

Certainly not. But while we're on the topic of huge generalization I'd have to say that I really respect mothers and some fathers who don't lose their identity while being consumed with raising their children. It's healthy for children to see primary care givers that balance their children's needs and make time for their own personal interests and hobbies and also articulate the reason for doing so. I've seen a single father that is so absorbed with his little girl that he uses the excuse of his responsibilities to not pursue his own personal growth which is one of the reason's he is now single. Many parents do this and many parents do the opposite. While we are still generalizing, as a whole parents of this generation are tending to have children when they are older and there is more awareness of political correctness and responsible child rearing than there was generations before. It seems like today's parents are more attentive and educated but sadly some, both male and female, lose themselves in the process.

Answer 6

Single or married, with or without children, a woman is an individual, person, authority figure, leader, and thinker in her own right.

Not all wives/women have children of their own. However, this does not stop them from being mothers. Mother leadership is not restricted to only those women who become pregnant and give birth. To tell childless women they were never mothers is incorrect.

Answer 7

i am not a mother or a wife and i have a strong sense of identity. Debate?
Also a man's core identity is related to his role as a husband and father. debate?

Answer 8

Women have their own barometers for success.

Some women take pride in their careers/status... some in their role in the family... some both family/career.

Not all women identify with the same things & not all women should.

Women are in a bit of a bind where there's a double standard for their life choices.

Some people look down on "stay at home moms."

Some people look down on "career women."

This is an area where I sympathize with women starting their lives after college. It must be tough to really know which path is right for you.

I would hope society eases up on the pressuring either way.

Answer 9

False. Not all women become wives and mothers, and some women don't even want to. A woman's core identity is related to whatever she decides it is.

Answer 10

A woman's core identity is what she makes it to be.

Just because I will never be a mother and might not be a wife from choice, doesn't mean I've lost my identity. My identity is more than that, so much more.