Introduktion
Mother’s Day. A holiday for honouring motherhood or a fuss created to favour our capitalistic society? Not only is the opinion divided for the people who have a potential someone to celebrate but also among mothers themselves.
To be able to comprehend the situation further an article describing the origin of the holiday known as Mother’s Day will be used to substantiate both arguments for as well as against different opinions and in the end, a general conclusion will be drawn.
The article, “Anna Jarvis: The woman who regretted creating Mother's Day” is written by Vibeke Venema and published by the BBC.
Utdrag
As Venema points out, the idea of Mother’s Day had great commercial appeal, resulting in the floral industry, greeting card industry as well as candy industry creating customized items that could be given as gifts.
Moreovercharities used the campaign as a way to earn more money to donate to poor mothers. Not only did the holiday become an economical asset for companies and charities but also used for political purposes such as both arguments for and against Women's Suffrage.
It can not be denied that all the different purposes the day developed are negative even if they do not resonate with the original idea.
Nowadays the holiday is not exclusively celebrated by the USA where it originated but also by most countries in the world.
There can be no doubt how it is probable that in most countries starting companies can be an innovative way of making people buy more.
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