| inbluevt | Date: Thursday, 2013/08/22, 10:32 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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As a personal note, I am one of those women who decided not to have children. There was a brief period on my mid-30's when I felt I better review that... and no, the answer was the same. Now that I can look back on that time, do I regret my decision? Absolutely not. With each passing year I only find myself more and more relieved and lucky that I made that decision. And I am not alone. There are maybe 20 - 24 other women in my group who are in the boat with me. Some not so happy with the situation, most are. And, like me, they only become more content with the passage of time. As I look around me, I can only wonder what people are thinking when I see them dragging more than one child about. What kind of world are those kids facing? And why, if you love your child, would you wish that on them?
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To the child-free women out there: thank you.Contrary to popular media narratives and the critiques of those concerned about the continued supremacy of the white race, women who don't have children are not selfish, emotionally stunted or inadequately grown-up. In fact, they're the opposite: they're women with the self-knowledge and maturity to buck enormous social pressure and choose a life that's right for them.
The increased visibility and acceptance of women who choose not to have children is just one part of a social evolution away from the limited "traditional family" model, and into a world where human beings with a diversity of needs can create family arrangements that work for them. That's not just good for the child-free; it's great
for feminism – and even better for society and families. Bring up the possibility of educated white women choosing not to have children and you'll be met with intense hostility. The desire to forgo childrearing is a "banal fantasy"; having kids is the only way for adults to avoid "destructive self-absorption". The photo of the child-free couple on the cover of Time Magazine this month showcases "lazy yuppies" whose "matching swimsuits reek of self-satisfied, in-your-face Dinks [double income no kids]."
The cover model's smile "is supposed to communicate her disdain for her uterus and her utter satisfaction with her size-4, cellulite-free, vacation-filled life".
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