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An 8-page paper that examines the conventional tendency of society to blame mothers for the dysfunction of their children and of society itself. Discussed is the development of this theory in the 1950s, its progress throughout the latter half of the twentieth century, and the overall change in attitude and views toward this theory that is currently occurring in modern society. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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twentieth century, and the overall change in attitude and views toward this theory that is currently occurring in modern society. Bibliography lists 10 sources. LCMamas.doc Mamas, Dont
Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Less Than Perfect - Societys Tendency Toward "Mother-Blaming" Written by Linda Canada 06/2000 For More Information
on This Paper, Please I. Societys Finger of Blame In 1996, single working mother Marlene Corrigan was forced to face the greatest fear of maternal life when
she buried her thirteen-year-old daughter Christina. The following year, 1997, Marlene was forced to face a court that held her responsible for the young teenagers death. Christina Corrigan
had suffered a heart attack while her mother was out making a quick trip to the neighborhood grocery store, an errand both society and the law equated with the evils
of child abuse in this particular case due to the circumstances. At the time of her death, Christina Corrigan, at the age of thirteen, weighed six hundred and eighty
pounds. In the eyes of society and the courts, mother Marlene was immediately at blame despite the fact that she had spent the past several years requesting assistance from
a local school system deaf to Christinas problem and a number of doctors who in the course of ninety visits prescribed that Christina only "eat less, exercise more" (St. Louis
Post-Dispatch, 1997; p. A8). This case has all the earmarks of the attitude that society has adopted over the last half of the twentieth century in regard to mothers.
Following the lead and direction of Sigmund Freud and his famed Oedipus Complex research of the early twentieth century, psychologists and philosophers began around the middle of the century to
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