Motherly love is usually seen as a universal thing; however, social context has a prodigious effect on “mother love”, such as the social in Bom Jesus de Mata. In her passage, author Nancy Scheper-Hughes explains how from the outside view, the mothers in Bom Jesus de Mata seemed to not be “motherly” at all; If seen as having no chance of surviving, babies are commonly left alone in the house all day, shut and locked behind a door with little to no attention. In some cases, mothers are even prescribed sleeping pills or tranquilizers to quiet the loud and hungry cries from their dying child (Brondo 146). While people living in first world countries may view these acts performed by the mothers in Bom Jesus de Mata as criminal, as argued by Hughes, the social and environment they are immersed in have a pronounced influence on shaping these mother’s cognitive thoughts and
Motherly love is usually seen as a universal thing; however, social context has a prodigious effect on “mother love”, such as the social in Bom Jesus de Mata. In her passage, author Nancy Scheper-Hughes explains how from the outside view, the mothers in Bom Jesus de Mata seemed to not be “motherly” at all; If seen as having no chance of surviving, babies are commonly left alone in the house all day, shut and locked behind a door with little to no attention. In some cases, mothers are even prescribed sleeping pills or tranquilizers to quiet the loud and hungry cries from their dying child (Brondo 146). While people living in first world countries may view these acts performed by the mothers in Bom Jesus de Mata as criminal, as argued by Hughes, the social and environment they are immersed in have a pronounced influence on shaping these mother’s cognitive thoughts and