Pragya Agarwal: The (M)Otherhood Myth

Why are women still defined by their choice to have, or not to have, children?

Pre-eminent behaviour and data scientist Dr Pragya Agarwal’s work examining the phenomenon of gender bias in science has seen her publish four books including M(Otherhood), a look at the complex threads that shape societal understanding and expectations around mothers and motherhood, and Hysterical, an investigation into the construction of female emotion.

Appearing in Melbourne exclusively for M/OTHER, Agarwal joins journalist and writer Sophie Black for an insightful and wide-ranging conversation spanning childbirth, infertility, reproductive justice, gender and race.

This event will be Auslan interpreted.

Conversations in M/OTHER may include references to topics such as mental health, reproductive rights, and childbirth. If you need assistance with any of these issues, you can learn more and seek advice via the Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE), Perintal Anxiety & Depression Australia (PANDA) and Beyond Blue.

The official bookseller for M/OTHER is Neighbourhood Books.

M/OTHER is a weekend of fearless conversation about the ways ‘motherhood’ is experienced, portrayed and labelled by those who mother, have been mothered, wish they were mothers, do not identify as mothers, cannot or do not want to mother, and by society at-large.