Pronatalism Parental Regret & Being Childfree Part 1: Society's Assumptions About Having Kids

Pronatalism is a cultural value that promotes having children, and it's everywhere. This is part 1 of a 2-part series that examines the assumptions made by pronatalist thinking, and how those assumptions find their way into every facet of our society, from the personal to the political. Stay tuned for part 2!

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📚Books Referenced (and for further reading):

Carroll, Laura. The Baby Matrix. LiveTrue Books, 17 May 2012.

Daum, Meghan. Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed : Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids. New York, New York, Picador, 2015.

Orna Donath. Regretting Motherhood : A Study. Berkeley, California, North Atlantic Books, 2017.

Rosa, Sophie K. Radical Intimacy. Pluto Press, 20 Mar. 2023.

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💔How Family Life Benefits Men More Than Women:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/bl...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2...

https://www.zawn.net/blog/is-marriage...

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/ar...

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/bl....

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mens-h...

https://www.ncbhttps://www.forbes.com...

https://clarkrelationshiplab.yale.edu...

https://www.americansurveycenter.org/...

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More Sources:

@Toni Bryanne TV - Villainization of Women in their 30s:    • Society HATES Women in Their 30s | (m...  

https://population-8-billion.simpleca...

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mens-h...

https://clarkrelationshiplab.yale.edu...

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2...

https://rightasrain.uwmedicine.org/we...

https://thoughtcatalog.com/shahida-ar...

https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/bl...

https://www.marriage.com/advice/relat...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37796...

https://www.uclahealth.org/news/under...

https://www.thestar.com/life/pregnant...

https://www.populationmedia.org/the-l...

https://fortune.com/recommends/invest...

https://fee.org/articles/why-millenni...

https://thehill.com/homenews/4319352-...

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