Pretty heartwarming article. Say what you will of the United States, Britain, or the Western liberalized countries in general, but the fact that these women feel neglected and irrelevant... in the end, that's a redeeming feature of our society. In the past, I'd take that for granted.
But I feel bad for the 49 year-old woman, who started trying at 29 years old. That honestly isn't very late... She probably knew her husband from her mid-twenties before they married, and likely started trying to conceive soon after. My own mother had me at 29, and my little brother at 34, who's almost taller than me now. I genuinely feel sorry for her. Her infertility is undeserved.
I don't like how the article just threw her in with the rest of the women, kind of an angle-shoot. She's the only sympathetic figure who, from an unlucky draw of the genetic lottery, can't have any kids, while the rest were careerist sluts who deliberately chose not to have kids just so that they can play the victim.
Otherwise, it's a pretty decent article.
This part struck me as pretty sinister. I wonder if the author intentionally tried to highlight the creepiness factor of these women. They don't have children of their own, so they seek to gain control and influence over the children of women who did succeed.
But I feel bad for the 49 year-old woman, who started trying at 29 years old. That honestly isn't very late... She probably knew her husband from her mid-twenties before they married, and likely started trying to conceive soon after. My own mother had me at 29, and my little brother at 34, who's almost taller than me now. I genuinely feel sorry for her. Her infertility is undeserved.
I don't like how the article just threw her in with the rest of the women, kind of an angle-shoot. She's the only sympathetic figure who, from an unlucky draw of the genetic lottery, can't have any kids, while the rest were careerist sluts who deliberately chose not to have kids just so that they can play the victim.
Otherwise, it's a pretty decent article.
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She has three masters degrees and is training to be a counsellor - specialising in adolescent and child psychology.
This part struck me as pretty sinister. I wonder if the author intentionally tried to highlight the creepiness factor of these women. They don't have children of their own, so they seek to gain control and influence over the children of women who did succeed.