母职意识在社会政策中的应用:以台湾两个世代的女性为例

How Women's Motherhood Ideologies Interact with Social Policy:A Study on Two Generations of Women in Taiwan

母职的议题在女性主义研究中虽已被大量讨论,在社会政策的领域能见度却偏低。该项研究目的在探究女性的母职意识与日常实践,并进一步讨论社会政策如何响应母亲的真实生活经验与需求。在"母职为社会建构下的产物"及"女人是意识的主动建构者"的论述基础上,该项研究访谈47位不同世代、具有育儿及劳动市场经验的女性受访者,并以质化研究中的架构分析法进行资料的归纳与研析。研究结果将母职意识的展现区分为三种模式,并建议福利政策提供更多元的选择,以便符合不同母亲对于角色任务实践的需求。

Studies exploring the issue of motherhood within Feminist research area have led to a growing understanding of work and care managements of mothers.However,hardly anything is discussed about the lives and experiences of mothers adopting policy perspectives.As a result,this paper examines how women's motherhood ideologies interact with social policy in Taiwan.Drawing upon empirical evidence that involves in-depth interviews with 47 working mothers,inclusive of two different age/class groups,this paper addresses the continuities and changes in the interlinked experiences between what they believe and what they actually do.This article concludes that without understanding women's ideologies of motherhood,it would be difficult to answer how current policy with regards to supporting working mothers can be further complemented.