Women's perspectives on being childfree
Women who have chosen not to have kids and are proud of it are showcased in this article in the Cyprus Mail:
Maxine, 39, a hairstylist put into words what she and three of her contemporaries think about motherhood. “To be honest I see parenting as a boring, annoying, upsetting and difficult job. You are locked into an unbreakable 18-year minimum contract with no chance of promotion, opportunities or pay rises. In fact you pay through the nose something ridiculous like £170,000 to rear a child to maturity. Plus, being a parent becomes your whole identity and you have to live your life through your children.That’s something I just don’t see myself getting into.”
I was most struck, however, by this statistic: "It is projected that a quarter of women born in 1973 will be childless by the age of 45."
That's the year I was born! I've often said that mine was the first generation to truly have the choice not to have kids. Looks like a lot of my contemporaries are making that choice.
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Maxine, 39, a hairstylist put into words what she and three of her contemporaries think about motherhood. “To be honest I see parenting as a boring, annoying, upsetting and difficult job. You are locked into an unbreakable 18-year minimum contract with no chance of promotion, opportunities or pay rises. In fact you pay through the nose something ridiculous like £170,000 to rear a child to maturity. Plus, being a parent becomes your whole identity and you have to live your life through your children.That’s something I just don’t see myself getting into.”
I was most struck, however, by this statistic: "It is projected that a quarter of women born in 1973 will be childless by the age of 45."
That's the year I was born! I've often said that mine was the first generation to truly have the choice not to have kids. Looks like a lot of my contemporaries are making that choice.
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3 Comments:
Kool! I was born in 1973 and I consider myself a die-hard CF! I am so happy to have been born during a generation where women have more choices and freedom then ever.
I am curious what the citation is the that interesting statistic. Is it Census Bureau?
1971
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