I have greatly benefited from the study on Sociology. Though from a science background, I do appreciate "sociology" as the systematic study of human society. One of significant differences of Sociology from other natural sciences is the studying objects are often subjects too. That makes certain difficulties in searching any definite scientific laws if any, which were/and are guiding and ruling the course of human society.
Giving the complexity and fast changing world we have in now, it is however beneficial, to adapt the sociological perspective into our daily living, this sociological perspective becomes a way of thinking and a form of consciousness and a critical way of seeing the world and ourselves.
The sociological perspective has the following benefits (from my textbook):
- it allows us to challenge familiar understanding of ourselves and of others so that we can critically assess the truth of commonly held assumptions
- It enables us to assess both the opportunities and constrains that characterise our lives
- It empowers us to be active participants in our society and helps us to recognise human difference and human suffering and to confront the challenges of living in a diverse world
If we apply the sociological perspective in Full Time mother's choice and life, we will be able to see that the choice of motherhood to be a full time mother or a working mother is not only a personal choice as many think or government propose, but a social one. The immerse social, economic changes in our modern world has changed the traditional way of thinking in respects of women's vocation and career, while we are still yet to decide whether this change is for better or for worse, one things is true, this seemingly "personal" choice will have a great impact on both social and personal level.
By understanding this, it is the starting point of "self awareness" of Full Time Mothers.
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