Episode 13: Wait, you don't want kids?
In this episode Sorcha and Toni share their experience with the question - do you want kids? And the weight that comes with any and all decisions. These types of questions and assumptions are made every day of women without the acknowledgment of the gravity of the difficulty of that response. From a young age, we are told that pregnancy just happens. But what does it mean when it doesn't?
We know personally that caregiving isn't solely the responsibility of the women. But if you make the decision to be a caregiver as a woman you are often overlooked in the workplace for the time you have taken to be with your family. We know that this is ultimately incorrect as the skills gained as a mother are those of leadership, and are sorely needed in places of work.
It shouldn't be a zero sum game. As of now, it's somewhat a "doomed if you do, doomed if you don't" scenario. In the end, motherhood and caregiving is a far more complex topic than we have been led to believe. And should never be a flippant; Do you not want kids?
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