Compare And Contrast Bell Hooks And Dobkins

Since the movement for women’s suffrage first began there were many intersections and obstacles the women of the organization must go through to gain the achievement of obtaining citizenship and their right to vote. In both Bell Hooks and Linda Harris Dobkins articles they respectively introduce race and power within the women’s movement and how it affected the movement. First off, in the passage Revolutionary Parenting Hooks acknowledges how difficult it is to define motherhood by including how race is a big factor and the perceived notion of mothers needing to be the nurtures and primary care takers of the children. When Hooks states the difference in opinions of motherhood between race, I felt that it was extremely important to note that women of color were deeply disenfranchised where we see how the idea of being a mother was oppressing, thus alienating a big group of colored women who saw motherhood not only liberating but empowering.
However, Hooks really makes the argument for equal parenting in this particular article. While she does mention the different viewpoints of motherhood she also focuses on the role of a mother and a father and how unequal they are. She believes that in order for motherhood to not be seen as an obstacle fathers must also play an equal role in the raising of a child. She states that in order to rip away these stereotypes that women must be in charge of the home and children it also lies on the responsibility of men standing up and taking more responsibility than they have. I believe that this part really shows that it is a collective effort where both men and women must come together to achieve