Critical Analysis of Parenting

Abstract

In the structure of our society, there is still a presumption that parenting is only a mother's job. This paper intends to conduct a critical analysis on the assumptions of parenting, using the theory of feminist post structuralist. The results of this study show that the concept of parenting is strongly influenced by the gender construction that exists in our society. This gender constructed puts the mother as a caregiver in a very ideal context. There are many conditions that are not perfectly faced by a mother when doing parenting. The results of this study show that there needs to be further research to explore the role of mothers in situations not ideal.