Posted on 02/23/2023 1:55:32 PM PST by george76
While vapid, childless celebrities like Chelsea Handler disseminate weird propaganda through corporate media to reassure themselves and their peers that their lack of reproduction is somehow an enlightened act of self-fulfillment, objective reality says otherwise.
It turns out, researchers have quantified the proportion of childless women whose status was intentional, and the number is extremely low.
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Who are the childless and how many of them wanted children? The closest we can come is a 2010 meta-analysis by the Dutch academic Prof Renske Keiser, which suggested that only 10% of childless women actively chose not to become mothers. That leaves 90% of women [who wanted children]. Only 9% of that 90% are childless for known medical reasons.
That 10% figure may even be a stretch. Feminist dogma — which childless women disproportionately subscribe to — prohibits the expression of aspiration for motherhood, as it indicates submission to the Patriarchy™ or whatever. So it’s possible that they are too ashamed or repressed to consciously admit to wanting children — perhaps even to themselves.
Is Chelsea Handler one of that rare 10% of childless women who genuinely did not ever want to have kids? It’s impossible to say for sure, and her ideological commitment to third-wave feminism would prevent her from admitting it were that the case. But perhaps we can let the sadness in her eyes, hidden under all that makeup and pearly-white smile, answer the question.
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Who said it was? Tell that to the millions of women who now realize they killed their one chance at happiness.
Yes. The stories I see on reddit are hair-raising.
That would be a son-in-law's sister. She never wanted kids of her own, even to this day (she's 48 now). I don't mind, as she's rich and showers my grandchildren (her nieces) with gifts. I don't get how anyone would not want kids, particularly a woman. But she's a career lawyer dedicated to her profession. And the only female among 5 kids having 4 brothers who have kids.
God’s birth control.
Many of them had abortions and now regret it.
Some things, like murder are not reversable.
Many of them had abortions and now regret it.
Some things, like murder are not reversable.
Best damn post of the day!
Rachel Levine, the openly transgender Secretary of Health not wanting children asked to be sterilized so she could not get pregnant. The doctor was somewhat flummoxed and confused and finally said, "well what parts do you want me to cut off so you can not get pregnant and you can not get pregnant anyway because you are a man. When offered a penile removal along with testes "she" declined. The Doc did mentioned she had a fine set of boobs and since they are for lactation and feeding a newborn does she want them cut off?
"She" declined the option for personal reasons that were not discussed.
In great frustration the doc said, "well what the hell do you want cut off or just a new prescription for estrogen, get the hell out of my office."
The American Medical Association is now investigating the doctor.
Sometimes sarcasm is close to truth. All of this was political sarcasm.
Whites are having an average of 1.3 kids while muzzies are averaging 6-7. Easy math
This!!!!
I never wanted children but love my nieces and nephew. I’m as happy as a clam.
Fed a bunch of lies to only end up without a chair when the music stops. Enjoy your cats and boxed wine.
“Fed a bunch of lies to only end up without a chair when the music stops. Enjoy your cats and boxed wine.”
It sounds like you assume that the childless women are single. There are couples where both husband and wife choose to not have children. (We do enjoy our cats; our wine is in bottles.)
I am not writing about your personal situation; I am writing to the article.
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