Jennifer Portillo

1/8/13
Sociology
Chapter 1 Essay
The way I looked at single motherhood in the past was very biased. I believed
that if you were a single mother it was because you got yourself in that situation. Either
you were careless or didnt use protection when you were supposed to. Or you were in
an unstable relationship yet still decided to get pregnant. I understand mistakes happen.
But, at the rate single motherhood was I didnt really see that as an excuse. I knew this
wasnt the case for everyone, but, I definitely judged the majority of single mothers this
way. I started making friends with some single mothers. I definitely started seeing a
different side to single motherhood. I did more of an empirical research and found out
that I wasnt looking at single motherhood from a broader perspective. I had to set my
prior feelings aside in order to realize this. I became neutral and started to see that
single motherhood was not always something women got themselves into. And
sometimes it really wasnt their fault. So, in meeting these new friends I changed my
interpretation of single motherhood.