Whether you’re ‘childless’ or ‘childfree’, you shouldn't have to talk about it | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Rhiannon Lucy Cossletttheguardian.com
Whether you’re ‘childless’ or ‘childfree’, you shouldn't have to talk about it | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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.
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