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Peggy O'Donnell Heffington
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Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
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published
2023
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8 editions
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“In light of our failure to account for the pressures, anxieties, and dangers of modern life, it's possible to argue that the decision to opt out of parenthood is perfectly rational. The decision to have children might be the one more in need of explanation.”
― Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
― Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
“Some of us want to live lives that don’t allow space for children, lives that demand we spend our reserves of time, energy, and love in other ways.”
― Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
― Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
“The divide we understand to be so real between mothers and non-mothers is one that was built for us long ago, and it was built for a purpose: to limit women's socially acceptable options to motherhood and the domestic sphere, and to mark as deviant those who dared to do other things. Mothers' options and identities are constrained by this framework, no less than they are for women without children. In a society that wants to divide us, maybe the most radical thing we can do is turn to each other, invite each other into our homes and our lives and our families.”
― Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
― Without Children: The Long History of Not Being a Mother
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