Joys of Motherhood Factors that Contributed to the Owulum family to Erode
In the book, The Joys of Motherhood, by Buchi Emecheta, there were many factors that led the Owulum family to disintegrate. One of the factors that contributed to the disintegrating of the Owulum family was the “cultural code for women”. This “cultural code for women meant that a woman would have more respect from her family, her people, and husband if she were to become pregnant. ... The daughters would bring in a bride price to the family, which was used to help pay the costs of the family. Sons were preferred and were put above all else because they would be able to help their mother and father later on when they got older while the daughters just got married and left with their husband’s to form a family of their own.