As a professional woman who loves children but has made a choice not to become a mother, I face constant judgment and criticism from those who dislike my choice. (Or maybe they are jealous??) So, when I came across this quote from Selma Heyek I was encouraged:
“I think it’s terrible women are put in that position. Motherhood is not for everyone — it is for me, but there’s no reason women should feel rushed to have a child...I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but society thinks if you don’t have children, you’ve failed as a woman, even if you are CEO of a company. You’ve got to be beautiful, smart, skinny, tall, rich, successful at your job, married to the right guy — and have genius children.”
When people get all in my face about choosing to be childless, I just tell them, "Hey, more precious resources to go around for your children" and hope they are not in the camp that believes its ok to pillage the earth because King Jesus will return soon. Yeah, hard to reason with that camp, if you know what I mean.
Check it out for yourself: http://feministing.com/
2 comments:
Right, and you have to wonder why these people care so much about a decision that doesn't affect them in the least. What's the big deal!
I'm a professional mom (just check out my blog..it's oozing motherhood and children)but I'm certainly not going to judge you for deciding to not have children! Each one of us has a mission in life and we've got to do whatever it takes to fulfill it. For some, kids are part of that mission, for others, they're not. What's important is that we have the conviction in our hearts of what we are meant to do in life and that we stand on that conviction.
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