Momism

You don't even have to be a mother to find a place in the new momism, which is, after all, at base about a certain idea of womanhood; woman as earthy, concrete, with her view of the world bound by personal experience - by "immanence," as Simone de Beauvoir once put it - and not by professional experience or abstract learning. ❋ By JUDITH WARNER (2010)

An afterward briefly summarizes the work of sf author Philip Wylie (When Worlds Collide) who coined the term "momism" to explain how sentimentality and over-simplification would be the ruin of American Democracy. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There is a lot of "momism" in this country which is strange because the majority of women are moms although that number is getting smaller. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I'm understanding more of this "momism" that I've heard about. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A predictable result of such concerns, given popular condemnation of momism, was the servicemen's fear that their sons had become sissies. ❋ Unknown (2008)

On soldiers, psychiatrists, and momism, see Rebecca Jo Plant, "The Repeal of Mother Love: Momism and the Reconstruction of Motherhood in Philip Wylie's America" (Ph.D. dissertation, The Johns Hopkins University, 2001), 183, 193 – 200. back ❋ Unknown (2008)

Not surprisingly, given popular anxiety about momism, Dumas and Keen's primary advice to mothers was to "cut those apron strings." ❋ Unknown (2008)

On momism and readjustment, see Plant, "The Veteran, His Wife, and Their Mothers." back ❋ Unknown (2008)

There is enough ‘momism’ in our society, I would hope that anyone calling themselves a feminist would understand that moms deserve just as much respect as those who choose not to be or cannot be. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Michaels, takes a stab at it by suggesting that the old “feminine mystique” has morphed into a “new momism,” a perfectionist ideal of motherhood that torments women with standards no mortal can meet. ❋ Unknown (2004)

This new momism - which bears no resemblance whatsoever to the nefarious force of cultural castration Philip Wylie named in his 1942 book, "Generation of Vipers" - has found avid cheerleaders for a number of years in the world of mommy blogs and books like Katherine ❋ By JUDITH WARNER (2010)

Thus, as if it were not enough that the political and collective urgencies of the sixties consigned the anti-hero and the anti-novel to the ash-can of history, we now find them being revived as a paradoxical sign of the good old days when all we had to worry about were psychological problems, momism, and whether television would ruin American culture. ❋ Guest8ac7bfc (2009)

That's a momism for, ironically, what other people would call swellheaded. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Momisms include: - Jack, please put on [your sweater], it's cold out. - Do you think [money grows on trees]? - Always wear clean underwear in case [you're in] an accident. ❋ _Gerhard_ (2007)

"[My mom's] [momism's] have been getting [more and more] annoying." ❋ ALDS1001EXAMPLE (2014)

I now [pass] the same momisms that [my mom] told me to [my kids] ❋ Rowan 64 (2020)