Thankfully my experiences weren’t as bad as hers, but I nevertheless experienced a few things equally. School wasn‘t as important as I was a girl and I experienced as well that the typical women duties weren’t as praised as the typical men ones. That’s why I hated and often refused female work and rather asked to help outside. Thankfully I had an older sister which was a bit fearful of cows and machines and rather preferred to stay inside. Therefore I totally understand what she means and I have huuuuuge respect for any mother from such a strong patriarchal structured society to fight for their girls to go to school.
I am from Philadelphia PA USA. My father left the hospital when realizing I was female. I was his 1st child. He scolded my mother in the delivery bed. The doctor took him to the hallway and grabbed him by the neck. My mother left him 12 weeks later and moved back with my grandparents and she worked. This mindset was EVERYWHERE… EVERY country. I am 48 years old. The change HUMANITY is experiencing due to the INTERNET and people sharing their stories…(like you, beautiful Uyen) is amazing and we are lucky to be alive now to see this change.“
All power to women like her and mothers like her. She‘s great!
As I love her video about how she met her German boyfriend, I post it also here. I am very, very happy for her she found a guy who respects her as an equal. At least it looks like he does. Who knows for sure.
Gunda, I protect femininity. Female essence, innocence, purity, sensuality and freedom to feel good and pleasurable to oneself in that. This often times puts me in opposition to some females who actually hurt others of this gender while championing it.
A young woman on parental leave I met on my last breakfast out told us, her employer won‘t take her back as he only wants full time employees. So she is looking for jobs but cant find one yet because she isn‘t as flexible as a woman without a child.
Guess if she is open for getting another child.
Her partner is self-employed but with not much income. So she needs the job. To add worse, their landlord wants to sell their apartment, which rent is relatively cheap. So they want to purchase it. Without her having a job and his insecure income as a self-employed, they barely will get a credit.
There is running something terribly wrong in this country. People who want to have children without wanting to get social welfare for housing etc, can‘t and women face overproportional disadvantages for being mothers.
Yes, especially for rich, childless, misogynist entrepreneurs who blame feminists for low birthrates instead of looking onto the real reasons, lol. Women always worked. My mother worked more hours her whole life than anyone on this board I bet. With 5 kids. But earned less than probably even Silky gets.
And sure, this will definitely change her opinion on having more kids, lol. The banks will cheer as well and start fighting who may give the credit. I am glad I didn‘t add more good stuff for her to think about what will even be in case her relationship won’t last till the end. Her chance as a single mother to get an equally high paid part time job per hour, as she did earn before getting pregnant, will even be more unlikely than now. Finding an apartment… Luckily, health care also includes depression treatment for welfare recipients in Germany.
I just read a bit up on Lesley-Ann Brandt who played that Demon Maze on Lucifer. Didn’t know she was pregnant throughout season 2. But thats not why I am posting this.
This interview is mainly about her having that child and the legal work frame actresses face regarding pregnancy. The terms of contracts, no maternety leave etc.
Why is that adults at the end of their 20s and even late 30s still don’t feel ready for a child?
We are living in anti-children societies, in which having children brings more disadvantages than advantages.
She also unfortunately had an abortion. And I totally get why. Its just sad. Society needs to create a pro-children attitude which includes work, housing, kindergarten and education. I agree with her on the reason for being pro legal abortion. To forbid it just has worse results.
I get that employers don’t want or cant pay for making it easier for women but also both parents to say easier yes to children. But in those cases, the society as a whole has to step up. Same for landlords and financing a house. Taxes are spent for way worse then on children.
I have found a combination of fear about the cost of starting a family and fury — largely with men who are neither bringing home the bacon nor stepping up to fatherhood. These women don’t need lectures about their fertility.
The calculation is different for men. It’s perfectly rational for a man to put off having children while he climbs the career ladder, especially given that many people seem to hit peak earning age in their forties. It’s not ideal to be bug-eyed from lack of sleep just when the big promotions loom, especially if you’re up against colleagues who are not having to change nappies at night.
I meet many women in their thirties who are panicked about missing the boat, but dare not spook any date by mentioning kids over dinner. One friend was strung along by an eligible chap until her late thirties, who then fled when she gave him an ultimatum. Like many others, she is now grimly googling sperm banks.
At least it looks like he does. Who knows for sure.