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Failing Moms
Social Condemnation and Criminalization of Mothers
Taschenbuch von Caitlin Killian
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
While many claim that being a mom is the most important job in the world, in reality, motherhood in the United States is becoming harder. From pre-conception, through pregnancy and while parenting, women are held to ever-higher standards and finding themselves punished - both socially and criminally - for failing to live up to these norms.
This book uncovers how women of all ethnic backgrounds and socio-economic statuses have been interrogated, held against their will, and jailed for a rapidly expanding list of offenses such as falling down the stairs while pregnant or letting a child spend time alone in a park, actions that were not considered criminal a generation ago. While poor mothers and moms of color are targeted the most, all moms are in jeopardy, whether they realize it or not. Women and mothers are disproportionately held accountable compared to men and fathers who do not see their reproduction policed and almost never incur charges for "failure to protect." The gendered inequality of prosecutions reveals them to be more about controlling women than protecting children.
Using a reproductive justice lens, Caitlin Killian analyzes how and why mothers are on a precipice and what must change to prevent mass penalization and instead support mothers and their children.
While many claim that being a mom is the most important job in the world, in reality, motherhood in the United States is becoming harder. From pre-conception, through pregnancy and while parenting, women are held to ever-higher standards and finding themselves punished - both socially and criminally - for failing to live up to these norms.
This book uncovers how women of all ethnic backgrounds and socio-economic statuses have been interrogated, held against their will, and jailed for a rapidly expanding list of offenses such as falling down the stairs while pregnant or letting a child spend time alone in a park, actions that were not considered criminal a generation ago. While poor mothers and moms of color are targeted the most, all moms are in jeopardy, whether they realize it or not. Women and mothers are disproportionately held accountable compared to men and fathers who do not see their reproduction policed and almost never incur charges for "failure to protect." The gendered inequality of prosecutions reveals them to be more about controlling women than protecting children.
Using a reproductive justice lens, Caitlin Killian analyzes how and why mothers are on a precipice and what must change to prevent mass penalization and instead support mothers and their children.
Über den Autor

Caitlin Killian is Professor of Sociology at Drew University.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments

Introduction

All Moms Are Bad Moms

Pre-Conception Discrimination

Criminal Pregnancies

"Neglectful" Mothers

Mothers of Maimed and Murdered Children

Fighting Back, Fighting for the Future

References
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 256 S.
ISBN-13: 9781509557738
ISBN-10: 1509557733
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 1A509557730
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Killian, Caitlin
Hersteller: Polity Press
Maße: 208 x 141 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Caitlin Killian
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.11.2023
Gewicht: 0,369 kg
Artikel-ID: 126808459
Über den Autor

Caitlin Killian is Professor of Sociology at Drew University.

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments

Introduction

All Moms Are Bad Moms

Pre-Conception Discrimination

Criminal Pregnancies

"Neglectful" Mothers

Mothers of Maimed and Murdered Children

Fighting Back, Fighting for the Future

References
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Soziologie
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: 256 S.
ISBN-13: 9781509557738
ISBN-10: 1509557733
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 1A509557730
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Killian, Caitlin
Hersteller: Polity Press
Maße: 208 x 141 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: Caitlin Killian
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.11.2023
Gewicht: 0,369 kg
Artikel-ID: 126808459
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