I think women are judged for having kids and for not having kids, and every sin on the planet (plus a few extraterrestrial ones). And we get convinced to join in and hate on “the other side” as a means of defending ourselves, but it only serves to help the real enemy, the patriarchy.
And some childfree people, like us (well me, and from your response, I assume you), act like they’re better than moms because they’re too evolved to feel the urge to “breed”. There are huge assholes on both sides of this “fight”, but the point is that we shouldn’t be fighting each other at all, we should be fighting a…
It just shows you how warped, entrenched and dogmatic feminism has become that an internet group that’s basically about male socialization in Western society is a “mysogonistic hate group”.
Today is my first day back at work after maternity leave and everyone is asking if I’m okay and if I’ve cried and I want yell, “FREEDOM IS MINE, AT LAST,” at all of them but I feel like that would make me seem like a bad mom. Newborns are BORING, no matter how adorable they are! I got to eat my breakfast with two…
Man, more power to any new mom who can get an hour or two to herself (or out with her husband, girlfriends, etc.). You suddenly feel like everything you have belongs to a tiny, adorable, demanding creature. A brief respite to wear clean clothes and engage with adults can help keep you sane.
I’m very tired of the idea that moms have to be 100% dedicated to their children— especially their small children— and never let them leave their side or enjoy anything without them. What happens when your kids grow up and leave home (which they will) and you’ve spent the last 20 years erasing your identity to become…
Just another bullet-ridden day in the good ole US of A.
Why the fuck doesn’t your husband help you more?! And he works from home, so no commute?! I’m... very angry at him on your behalf, did he start actually helping you out or did he just shut up about exercise, because that is not enough.
So he works from home and does none of the housework? What’s his excuse?
I hate it when people are assholes.
Fuck this, having kids is a perfect excuse. Exhaustion is a perfect excuse. Post partum depression or overall coming to terms with motherhood is a perfect excuse. Becoming a mom is hard, we don't need to add this body shit to it.
Professional photographers cost a lot of money because they’re worth a lot of money. You want a professional to take photos for 8-10 hours, then process/airbrush/curate those photos? It’s going to cost you at least $1500. Anything less and you’re probably dealing with an amateur and/or a crook.
I wasn’t raised in a cult and I know I am a full woman no matter what my marital or maternal status is. I want to experience pregnancy and childbirth. I want to feel what it is like to create a human, I want to feel that bond, I want to feel the kicks, I want to deliver a baby and experience that rush of hormones. I…
*shrug* I actually kind of liked being pregnant. Feeling the fetus move and the kicks, while painful at times, usually made me pretty mushy. Then when I gave birth I was sort of in awe that my body could do it. It made me realize I was much stronger than I had always thought.
I mean, it’s a unique experience...I can see it. (still dreading my eventual pregnancy tho)
Yeah, giving birth was pretty gross experience overall. Also, no one really sufficiently warned me just how gross the bleeding for weeks after birth would be. I had these INCHES, almost a FOOT long, stringy, gluey clots coming out of me for almost a MONTH.
I can’t play the “role-reversal” game with this because I don’t think we take down the patriarchy by “making it fair” and criminalizing boys AND girls for things.
Bull fucking shit. I reported boys grabbing my tits MULTIPLE TIMES to my school and they fucking got detention. So no, this is not okay but don’t act like boys don’t get away with this bullshit EVERYDAY.
