Madelyn Cain
Auteur van The Childless Revolution: What It Means to Be Childless Today
Werken van Madelyn Cain
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Cain, Madelyn
- Geboortedatum
- 1946-04-16
- Geslacht
- female
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- Werken
- 3
- Leden
- 81
- Populariteit
- #222,754
- Waardering
- 3.5
- Besprekingen
- 5
- ISBNs
- 8
Published in 2001, this book posits hope that women who do not have children will someday quit being looked at askance by society. Unfortunately, I don't think much has changed. I know things are better than they were in decades further past, but we've still not reached a point in civilization where women without children are accepted.
In my 20s I was alternately dismissed or judged as foolhardy for saying I did not want children. In my 30s, I've mostly been judged negatively when the topic of my childlessness comes up in conversation with strangers (who have absolutely no hesitation inquiring about my future plans for my uterus).
With reading Cain's book, I'm advised that by the time I hit my 40s I will primarily be an object of pity. Oh goody, I can hardly wait.… (meer)