“Who’s Selfish Now, Bitch?” > A Breakdown Of Childless Women vs. New Moms

We get this incredibly twisted, unfortunately.

Because everything in modern American culture needs to be ideological or consume a 48-hour news cycle in some way, one new thing we have is how Kamala Harris is unfit to be President because she’s never carried a baby to term. Lot of confusion around that, since we’ve had 46 Presidents who have never carried a baby to term and here we are, but OK. I get it. There is a very big, very common argument around childless women that they must be “selfish” in some way, and/or “cat ladies” who “hate themselves.” This completely ignores a bunch of other factors, including:

• Miscarriages
• Infertility
• PCOS
• Timing
• Never found the right partner
• Career-focused
• Concerned about the world
• Concerned about their finances
• Etc.

It’s kinda repugnant to put all childless women in one boat when you don’t know the story of each woman you’re putting into that boat. For example, my wife wants children biologically, but we haven’t gotten there yet — and may never. That’s not about her being “selfish” or “hating herself.”…