Do women think child birth is their most important contribution to society?

Question

I see child birth come up all the time here. It seems to be the main thing women take pride in related to their contributions to society as a group.

So what about women who don't have kids? What would they say?

Child birth is not always a good thing. Hitler had a mother.

Answer 1

Being a woman...... I have no interest of having a child. I can't fathom raising a child in this awful world today. I would be too freaking paranoid about him or her and thats no way to live a life. I'm protective over my nieces. Can't imagine how I would be with my OWN child full time. To each their own is what I say...... Its far from a contribution unless you spit out a kid that will cure cancer and whats the odds of that?

Answer 2

I don't think it is the most important contribution women can make to society and I think it is rather insulting when some people say that it is. It's just a biological function, nothing more. It does not require special talents or achievements to have a child. I'm sorry if I see it that way but I think women who were able to accomplish things based on their own talents and ambitions have done a lot more for society than a woman who has a child just about every year and then sits back and expects donations and other types of public attention simply because she has so many children.

Answer 3

No. Not the birth itself.

I think the raising of children to be happy and productive adults is the real accomplishment. And, well, not all birth mothers have the capacity to do this. (Hitler's birth mother being an excellent example. But, also, the birth mothers of rapists, thieves, and other criminals. Or, the birth mothers of all the crack babies, foster kids, and otherwise abused or abandoned children.)

Fathers can raise kids, too.

I strongly disagree with the notion that all women have nurturing and maternal instincts. Many women don't. The most important contribution to society by these women will be something other than children.

Answer 4

I would agree that child birth is an amazing experience;however, raising the child into a productive citizen is the greatest accomplishment. Many women have brought children into the world that have ended up in the system...that is why raising the child and watching them grow and mature is what is most important! Teaching them how to reason and make good choices. That is what helps society.

Answer 5

Well a woman cant give birth to a child without the man's help.I see it as a 2 way street ..I think a woman and a man can say its their contribution.We cant continue to populate without both. Women who cant have children are not to be looked down on they have their own ways to contribute with out child birth.

Answer 6

Child birth is obviously very important, that's a big duh.. Whether or not it's the most important contribution in our society is objective. It certainly isn't the only contribution that women can make.

I don't believe child birth is the biggest or most important contribution to society, because it differs for each person. I don't have kids and I'm not planning on ever having them, but that doesn't mean I'm not making any contributions to society or that I've lost my definition as a person.

Answer 7

I don't know what a woman w/o children would say, but for me, there is nothing I have ever done or will ever do that will compare with the personal satisfaction and fulfillment I have found in parenting my two children and raising them up to the point they are now (21 & 14). I have had very rewarding jobs, but have never been career-oriented; it was always about family first. I also take pride in my husband's accomplishments and enjoy making a home and a life with him & my daughter still at home. I have hobbies and interests, and am also involved with my church. I don't in any way feel that I have "missed" something by not pursuing other goals or making more money along the way. I have lived in the city, the suburbs, and now the country, and I have played the game of acquiring material things, but found that to be an empty pursuit.

There is an innate need in a woman to nurture--women who don't feed this need in some way (whether it is in a "helping" profession such as teaching, nursing, social work, etc. or with their own family) will feel discontent and often angry and bitter. I have seen it too many times to doubt that is true. There really is nothing to compare with the feeling of taking care of another human being that needs you, and the added benefit of the genetic bond makes it that much sweeter.

Answer 8

I feel that children are definitely the most important contribution given to society. But raising a child is more important and defiantly has more impact on society (as you mentioned Hitler's mother),especially HOW you raise them. Raising a child SHOULD include a man as well...its not just the birth.

Answer 9

I think women think giving birth to the society is the most important contribution they have made. Since childless women are also a part of the society which the women gave birth, what about them? I am not a woman, I really dont know what women think.

Answer 10

Uh... no.

My most important contribution will be helping many people by representing them in court and by adopting as many homeless animals as I can. I'm going to make a positive impact on this world.

I am not a baby machine.