My parents preferred I be happy & make my own life choices. I'm single, never married, #childfree #ChildfreeByChoice & in #menopause. I was free to give my parents (also my family, my family of origin) caregiving help & now I mentor & live an intellectually, emotionally full life
https://twitter.com/lymanstoneky/status/1560304585482403844
Some people choose to be childfree for environmental reasons (biggest consumers of irreplaceable natural resources are people) some choose childfree because we want to do other things besides have children (it's not about materialism or piling up money, those are billionaires).
Moreover patriarchy & the crushing stereotype of the Perfect Mother are crushing stereotypes by which all girls & women but literally no boys and men are judged. Men almost never volunteer to be primary caregivers to their own children (or their ill or disabled adult relatives).
It's wild though how these same guys under patriarchy will volunteer women & girls to do all caring for fellow humans. Just because we were born with wombs doesn't make us better at caring, caring involves learning skills & to some extent enjoying spending ones time giving care.
It's also something to see how we can come up with money & resources for things deemed masculine like wars or jaunts into space but there's not enough money for health care, child care & elder care.
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