In a world full of messages about the joys of motherhood, ticking
biological clocks, pronatalist ideologies and socio-cultural
imperatives for women to mother, what does the alternative look
like? That is, what is the experience of women who choose, or find
themselves without progeny, when they are deemed 'other', instead
of being a 'mother'? This anthology of interdisciplinary work links
to sociology, anthropology, psychology, demography, religion,
language, literature, popular media, medicine and child and family
studies. Are women that choose to be childfree always narcissistic,
self-obsessed, and lonely? Or can they be free, mobile, and
successful? Do all women who choose to be childfree do it in the
same way or have the same motivation? What is the role of age,
partnership status, trauma or poverty in this decision? Using
techniques such as literature review, ethnographic interviews,
autoethnography, and textual analysis and reframing, these sixteen
authors from around the globe unpack largely pronatalist, racist,
sexist and heteronormative views and assumptions about childfree
women.
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