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This is a 5 page paper discussing different feminist theories on motherhood and the Goddess. Within feminist theories are different aspects regarding concepts of motherhood and the Goddess among other historical and cultural issues. Some feminists such as Sarah Ruddick see motherhood as an empowerment of women to gain a new perspective on the theories of practicality over those of military violence and through their nurturing and training of their children can aid in the peace making process. Other feminists however such as Jeffner Allen see motherhood as yet another example of men’s oppression by restricting women to domestic duties. The concept of the Goddess is also considered by Mary Daly and Carol Christ. Research on the concept of the Goddess has found that the Goddess is an extension of women’s inner self and is not seen necessarily as an omnipotent and suppressive being but one which advocates change, flexibility and nature.
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Ruddick see motherhood as an empowerment of women to gain a new perspective on the theories of practicality over those of military violence and through their nurturing and training of
their children can aid in the peace making process. Other feminists however such as Jeffner Allen see motherhood as yet another example of mens oppression by restricting women to domestic
duties. The concept of the Goddess is also considered by Mary Daly and Carol Christ. Research on the concept of the Goddess has found that the Goddess is an extension
of womens inner self and is not seen necessarily as an omnipotent and suppressive being but one which advocates change, flexibility and nature.
Sarah Ruddicks work "Maternal Thinking: Towards a Politics of Peace" (1989) examines the ideas of treating mothering as a component of peace making as a result of Ruddick becoming a
mother herself. She admits that her own perspectives changed once she became a mother because she began to disapprove of the so called "rationality" behind military decisions because they were
often used to justify violence which she herself could not do from a mothers perspective (Ruddick, 1989; Rose, 2002). Since becoming a mother, Ruddick explains that her philosophical perspective
has changed into that of "practicalism" which she describes as a way of thinking that "arises from and is tested against practices" (Ruddick, 1989, p. 13). Practicalism as described by
Ruddick asserts that "there is no truth to be apprehended from a transcendental perspective, that is, from no perspective at all" (Ruddick, 1989, p. 15). In Ruddicks work she describes
peoples perspectives are derived by what they do and this is particularly obvious for motherhood. Maternal work for Ruddick involves three central activities which are "preserving the life of the
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