Upon reading the article None
is Enough, many thoughts and questions flooded my mind as to what I want in
my future and what my stance is on women not wanting to have children. Womanhood
and motherhood are often mistaken as being the same thing, when in all
actuality it is a choice for women. Many of them believe that they don’t
necessarily need children in order to be happy in life and they don’t want to
conform to society’s standards for women anymore than they already do. I
believe that it is a great thing if a woman is confident and happy with her
life, even if she does not have children. There are so many people in this
world who are not happy with what they have and go their whole lives trying to
find something to fulfill it. At the end of the day, if you are happy, then
that is all that matters regardless of everything else. While I have respect
for these women who choose to not have children, I certainly do not agree with
them. I have always loved children and definitely want to have some of my own
in the future. I understand that if I decide to do so, I will never get to do
some of the things that I’ve always wanted to do. Once you have a child, you
start to live your life for them and not for yourself. I personally don’t mind
this, as I think that you are meant to live out your life for someone/something
else; a greater cause. I tried to put myself in the shoes of the women who have
chosen to go childless and I could not do so. I honestly do not understand the
point in being able to travel to far-away places and getting to do adventurous
things if you don’t have any people to share it with. Looking at the idea of
going childless in a different light, I enjoy the idea of women standing up for
themselves more in society. For centuries, women have been viewed as vessels to
have children through and I believe that we should progressively be standing up
for ourselves more and more to assert ourselves as valuable pieces to society.
Many people find true joy in having freedom to do whatever they want with
nothing tying them down, but I believe that anyone can find true joy when
looking into the face of a child.
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