2006-12-30 04:03:37 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
No it's not. I don't want kids, ever. I was one of 8 children plus I grew up with 7 of my cousins living across the driveway from me. I actually think it's kind of funny when I run into girls I went to high school with because so many of them are pregnant or have kids and as soon as they told the child's father he split.
2006-12-30 04:12:58 · answer #1 · answered by FlyChicc420 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Sam. Its not crucial. Most woman yearn to have children b/c they either came from a big family or want to have a big family. Others just dont have that feel. They want to make the most of them self by showing the world that a Woman can be President of a huge company, or a Woman can run a crucial part of the Government. We have succeded in both, however, Men still feel we should be in the house seen and not heard. i appreciate those who have paved the way for those of us who yearn to have a huge life in the world.
2006-12-30 12:13:12 · answer #2 · answered by Tasha 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would say it depends on the woman. For some women it can be the only thing that matters and in their eyes make them less of a person. Like "any moron who doesn't wear protection can do this, and they don't even want a baby, what is wrong with me?"
It is something personal, and the woman has to deal with it on her own a little, because nothing anyone says can change her mind.
2006-12-30 12:16:08 · answer #3 · answered by micheletmoore 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It shouldn't be, but I'm sure there are some women who feel that way.
I had to have a hysterectomy a year after having a baby (had cancer) and so that meant, obviously, my baby days were over. I promise you that I never for one minute felt like less of a woman simply because I couldn't have another child.
By the same token, I never felt like more of a woman simply because I did have one.
A woman should define herself by who she is as a person....not by what she can do or what body parts she happens to have.
2006-12-30 12:12:27 · answer #4 · answered by moonshadow 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. You be who you are no matter what. If you don't want a child then I would recommend you don't. There are too many unwanted babies in the world as it is and women who are adamant about not wanting a child and end up having one have a higher risk of being child abusers. Not having a child either by choice or by no choice in no way dictates who you are or if you are feminine. Women have a lot more choices today than we did years ago and to have a baby because that is what society dictates to you is a travesty to yourself and to your baby.
2006-12-30 12:10:30 · answer #5 · answered by icunurse85 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a 49 year old woman who chose not to have kids. It's not a choice I regret and I don't feel I am any less of a woman for making that choice. There are too many women in this world who have children but shouldn't because they are not good parents. Your question would assume that those women are more womanly than I am, which is absurd.
2006-12-30 12:13:36 · answer #6 · answered by macc_1957 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course not! Having a baby is a biological function. Face it, rats have babies. Women are human beings, not baby factories. If a human being is judged solely on this single aspect, it is a sad world. Tell me, what talent is required to have a baby? Study? Intelligence? Compassion? A good heart? None of the above.
2006-12-30 12:08:56 · answer #7 · answered by Caper 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think having children is crucial to womanhood. Working to achieve your goals IS crucial, though. If one's goal is to have children, then one should work to achieve that--through natural means, in-vitro, or adoption. If one's goal is to have a career, then one should work towards that. Et cetera.
Being a woman is about trying to be the best person and most self-accomplished person you can be.
2006-12-30 12:06:55 · answer #8 · answered by Esma 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Women who really want to have kids, but can't, may feel like a "failure" even though it's not her fault. For women who don't want to have kids, I would say it does not define them, or they would have found a way to have a child even if they weren't married.
Society puts these pressures on us. If you're single you're somehow "incomplete". If you're married with no kids, you're selfish or something like that. Sad that it seems you only "count" when you're married with kids.
2006-12-30 12:11:36 · answer #9 · answered by sandand_surf 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love children and have two.. but I dont think everyone should have children..
If someone questions the kind of parent they would be.... then absolutely not!
before anyone thinks about a baby... they need to think... what would be their contribution to this child to make him or her great!
We have too many people on this planet that you have to wonder the parent should have thought twice
2006-12-30 12:35:29 · answer #10 · answered by Esther J 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋