'We all need to make room in our lives, and in the world, for people who don’t have, can’t have, and/or don’t want children. They’re struggling to exist in a world that tells them they don’t belong here,' writes ashleymaier
Natalism can render individuals without children invisible.I am childless not by choice. That’s not easy in a natalist world.The growing childless not by choice community is probably the largest group you’ve never heard of. Just go to Instagram, search any version of that label or acronym, and there we are.
, financial limitations, health issues, partnership status—the list is endless. That’s CNBC. It’s not a monolithic group, but it is a group of people who share a common, painful experience that renders them invisible.Whether by choice or not by choice, not having children in a natalist society is nearly impossible to navigate. There just isn’t room for us.
At a psychology department meeting, a fellow professor asked me if I had kids. When I said no with a neutral affect, leaving all emotion out of my voice, he responded, “Don't say that! You don’t know that you won’t have them.” A student asked me if people are infertile because it’s nature’s way of saying we shouldn’t spread ourIf you belong to this community, I’m here to tell you that you are gaining visibility and there is now space for you in a traumatically natalist world. You are, truly, not alone.
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