2007-12-20 09:37:25 · 29 answers · asked by Odin's daughter 7 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Fonz - I was assuming that the pro-choice mother had chosen to have the child!
2007-12-20 09:42:23 · update #1
Another question comes out of this: to what extent do you think mothers encourage their daughters to support their view on abortion?
2007-12-20 09:47:29 · update #2
Shadow Dweller - no you didn't confuse me, your answer makes a lot of sense! :)
2007-12-23 01:49:10 · update #3
It is very difficult to say since no stats have been taken about this aspect of this topic. However the variables involved are too many to have a clear cut answer.
If the daughter is more rational than emotional in nature she will be prone to think more of the efficiency of life, therefore choose to be pro-choice. If the daughter does not rationalize a human life and tends to think with more empathy then she will find it hard to follow her mother's advice to be pro-choice.
And vice versa!
Whether the daughter's personality came from her father or her mother could help shape her perspective. However, the strength of the mother-daughter relationship would play a big role in which position the daughter takes.
Other influences into this decision are social acceptance, moral obligation, peer pressure, etc.
2007-12-20 09:44:19 · answer #1 · answered by stranger2ooo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I"ve always been pro choice, I just went from being pro choice " i would definitely have an abortion if i was pregnant right now" to pro choice "i would only have an abortion under certain circumstances" but that is most likely because I'm older and much better equipped to take care of a baby than i was when i was 17 and not so worried about my mom finding out (I'm 20 and she doesn't for sure know I'm not a virgin but i don't think she'd be surprised if i told her). I don't think I will ever be pro-life because I can think of so many circumstances where i WOULD want to have an abortion, even though I've never been pregnant. Right now, if i got pregnant, i would most likely abort it because the guy i'm with is by no means fit to be a father and I wouldn't want his offspring (yes, i'm with him for a reason but i still don't want to have his babies).. where as other guys I might decide to keep the baby. That might sound selfish but I think if i was actually in the situation i might not be able to go through w/ abortion. It'd be a "you'd have to be there" kind of thing.
2016-05-25 05:25:00 · answer #2 · answered by tiara 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No idea.........but if the mother is very 'heavy' in her pro-choice stance it may provoke the daughter into an equally 'heavy' pro-life. The real issue isn't about either subject but more about a tussle............mother wants to impose here views and values (perhaps) and the daughter rebels by taking the opposite stance.
I may be off beam on that but is my take on the scant info.
2007-12-20 09:43:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i look at it this way...
ppl of choice say they wish to give the woman the choice whether to keep the baby or have an abortion..
so if a mother who is prochoice decides to keep the child and that child ends up being prolife later on should the mother not be supportive of the child's choice to be prolife?
so all in all in the interest of fairness i would say that it is very probable that perhaps a PC mother would and could have a PL child...and vice versa.
i have not confused you i hope.
thanks Char..
2007-12-22 19:04:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother was pro life but in recent years has altered her opinions. Her mother is pro life. I have always been pro choice. My daughters not quite old enough to have this discussion with yet.
2007-12-20 11:27:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Somewhere between 0% and 100%. Don't mean to be sarcastic, but how in the world would you answer this question?
I know Republican daughters of Democratic mothers, Christian daughters of Jewish mothers, agnostic daughters of Christian mothers, and the list of examples goes on and on. Anything is possible, but I don't think figuring out the likelihood of such a thing is presently near the top of anyone's to-do list!
2007-12-20 09:45:14 · answer #6 · answered by whabtbob 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I don't know the mathematical likelihood, but part of the maturation process is testing out theories and philosophies contrary to the ones you grew up with. A daughter with a lively curiosity and a healthy self-esteem might stake out an opposite position as she seeks her own identity.
2007-12-20 09:44:29 · answer #7 · answered by Beth 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Mother has had more life experiences than the daughter.
2007-12-20 09:41:42 · answer #8 · answered by Grogan 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If the pro-choice mother did not abort her daughter, she would probably transmit that belief system to her child. So I think that it is relatively unlikely.
Eventually, pro-choice people's reproductive choices will have a big impact on their numbers.
2007-12-20 09:41:14 · answer #9 · answered by greengo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My pro-life mother produced three pro-choice daughters (this was long before Roe v. Wade), so it stands to reason that the opposite could have happened.
2007-12-20 10:05:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋