This creates a toxic discourse that disregards their reproductive choice. Particularly for women, they are tricked into a cancel culture where they pit one against another for having different reproductive choices in life.

“There is nothing more noble or selfless than becoming a mother.”

We all lifted our glasses of sparkling water and toasted the mother-to-be, who stood on the other side of the room, beaming at the hostess who was throwing this little baby shower.

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They are a breeding ground for what she rightly calls the “radicalisation” of young men online. Many incels worship the mass murderer Elliot Rodger, whom they call “the perfect gentleman” for going on a woman-killing spree in revenge for sexual rejection in 2014. Memes such as “feminism is cancer” have become edgy currency among teenage boys Bates... See more

Whether you’re ‘childless’ or ‘childfree’, you shouldn’t have to talk about it

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Whatever term is used, it positions having a child as the default, and has the power to be wounding. Why define by deficit?

Mon 18 Apr 2022 16.00 AEST

Last modified on Mon 18 Apr 2022 16.13 AEST

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