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History of Feminism

irisblue

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1. A bit more

Reply to irisblue (Original post)

Mon Jul 25, 2022, 08:55 AM

Jul 2022

"American culture can’t seem to accept the fact that some women don’t want to be mothers. Parenting is simply presented as something everyone — a woman especially — is supposed to do.

This expectation is in line with the antiabortion movement and the Republican ethos around women and motherhood. No matter what women actually want, parenthood is perceived as the best, and only, choice for them."

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Are all women born to be mothers? The GOP plarform in 2012+ Op-Ed from WaPo [View all] irisblue Jul 2022 OP

A bit more irisblue Jul 2022 #1

as with all republican platitudes, this one sounds better in the original German DBoon Jul 2022 #2

Then there is my maternal grandmother. Delmette2.0 Jul 2022 #3

I've always found it intrusive and insulting Bayard Jul 2022 #4

I never wanted children. I just turned 70 last week and livetohike Jul 2022 #5

My wife was never a mother, a rejected role from youth sanatanadharma Jul 2022 #6

Hell no. CousinIT Jul 2022 #7