Beyond Babedom
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Posts Tagged ‘childless’
I Regret to Inform You
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018
Growing up, every little girl has at least one baby doll she can love and nurture. Besides being just another toy, the baby doll is often the beginning of her training for motherhood. As adults, millions of women give birth and thousands and thousands more desperately try to. But many, many women never conceive and many never even try. They are told, again and again, that being childless (or, more starkly, “barren”) will burden them with regrets forever.
I’m still waiting for those regrets. (more…)
Tags: barren, biological clock, childless, motherhood, parenthood, procreation, women, women over 40
Posted in Family | 3 Comments »
Disappearing Acts
Wednesday, October 6th, 2010
You know what really bothers me? The fact that women still change their names when they get married.
You may think this is a non issue. After all, isn’t that just common practice? Exactly my point. I really thought that with the advent of the women’s movement, most of us would keep out real names (which I refuse to call “maiden names”) vs. taking the “I no longer exist” Mrs. The only thing worse is (more…)
Tags: changing your name, childless, divorce, FaceBook, friends, maiden name, marriage, missing, Mrs., women over 40, women’s movement
Posted in Relationships | 11 Comments »
