This Is Why We Hate Childfree Women
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This Is Why We Hate Childfree Women
Women have internalized our own devaluation. No wonder many women with the privilege of making the choice are choosing not to have children. Child-rearing is arguably the most difficult path possible, a hero’s journey that leads us on harrowing adventures but for which we receive almost no credit.
Mirabai Starr • Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics
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.
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Mon 18 Apr 2022 16.00 AEST
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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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In recent years, I’ve heard members of the older... See more