"Relating to motherhood and career as the only two options that exist for women, while assuming that there could be no reason for wanting to be nobody's mom otherthan the pursuit of a career, obliterates the diversity of women's identities- identities that go far beyond "being the perfect woman" (tha"
"However, in my previous study of women who do not want to be mothers (and are not), I learned that many women felt that a "career" was just as alien to them as motherhood. Many of them had known since they were young girlsor teenagers that they did not want to be mothers-that is,it precededsuch cons"
We need to pave the road and we are the owners of our feelings.
More people should read this. Not just women.
The belief of “Be fruitful and multiply “ in the Jewish religion overlaps with Confucius traditions in East Asia. In this particular cultural context, mothers are often silenced. Giving birth is perhaps the only thing they can’t UNDO; we need to provide a safe space for women to address the issues that come with motherhood.
The experience of motherhood is a process of death. The old me died, and a new me with motherhood was born.The person I used to be who never became a mother is gone forever.
The calculations of women’s options and decisions, and the expression of women’s feelings and thoughts is stereotypically understood and regarded as either over-femininity or hyper-rationality inappropriate for private sphere. The society has listed motherhood as “the choice” and possibility but you do NOT have to go for it.