I also had no interest in playing with baby dolls.
>>It's funny to watch you all discuss anxiety (which I agree may be a part of it) and ignore the fundamental inconvenience, risk & pain of pregnancy & childbirth itself as if it were trivial.
My guess is that it is because most people here are male and thereby a bit removed from that aspec…
I also had no interest in playing with baby dolls.
>>It's funny to watch you all discuss anxiety (which I agree may be a part of it) and ignore the fundamental inconvenience, risk & pain of pregnancy & childbirth itself as if it were trivial.
My guess is that it is because most people here are male and thereby a bit removed from that aspect of it.
>>Human mothers are at more personal risk of pain, damage & death than any other mammal (insert Genesis quote here), and it would be perfectly reasonable to avoid that unless one was strongly attracted to babies & children (as many women are, so I've been told, but I can't even imagine it).
I have to admit that I like to have a baby. But it is also a kind of stupid sport. I get pregnant, I get sick and extremely exhausted for weeks, then I get in such bad shape that I can barely walk, I get different kinds and degrees of pain...and then, finally, I have a baby and I bounce back into shape again. In that situation, I guess a more normal reaction would be to say "never again". But my reaction is like "Hah! I survived! I will do it again!". Like someone who climbs the same mountain again and again for the thrill of surviving it.
That's an admirable & courageous attitude, and one that I hope will prevail in future generations, even though I have dealt myself out of the gene pool. For millions of years, our ancestresses had next to no choice in the matter, so there's not been much evolutionary pressure to welcome children when there is a choice.
It wasn't just the baby dolls (insert cold open from Barbie here, which was funny in a bleak way that illustrates why many women don't want to have babies), because I got a younger sister a year later to practice on. I love her dearly & we are still close, but the whole thing seemed like a hobby I had no interest in pursuing.
I also had no interest in playing with baby dolls.
>>It's funny to watch you all discuss anxiety (which I agree may be a part of it) and ignore the fundamental inconvenience, risk & pain of pregnancy & childbirth itself as if it were trivial.
My guess is that it is because most people here are male and thereby a bit removed from that aspect of it.
>>Human mothers are at more personal risk of pain, damage & death than any other mammal (insert Genesis quote here), and it would be perfectly reasonable to avoid that unless one was strongly attracted to babies & children (as many women are, so I've been told, but I can't even imagine it).
I have to admit that I like to have a baby. But it is also a kind of stupid sport. I get pregnant, I get sick and extremely exhausted for weeks, then I get in such bad shape that I can barely walk, I get different kinds and degrees of pain...and then, finally, I have a baby and I bounce back into shape again. In that situation, I guess a more normal reaction would be to say "never again". But my reaction is like "Hah! I survived! I will do it again!". Like someone who climbs the same mountain again and again for the thrill of surviving it.
That's an admirable & courageous attitude, and one that I hope will prevail in future generations, even though I have dealt myself out of the gene pool. For millions of years, our ancestresses had next to no choice in the matter, so there's not been much evolutionary pressure to welcome children when there is a choice.
It wasn't just the baby dolls (insert cold open from Barbie here, which was funny in a bleak way that illustrates why many women don't want to have babies), because I got a younger sister a year later to practice on. I love her dearly & we are still close, but the whole thing seemed like a hobby I had no interest in pursuing.