The Childfree Woman Trope Needs a SERIOUS Update

Society still has a problem with the child free woman. Despite all the advances that have been made in terms of women’s rights, motherhood is still depicted as the idealized end goal for all women, to the point where depictions of childfree women in movies and TV often feel reductive or even vilified. The childfree woman desperately needs an upgrade to reflect society’s changing attitude towards the decision to not be a parent.

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00:00 The childfree woman is still stigamtized
02:53 She's either sad or evil
05:25 The child-rear or go-to-work dilemma
11:31 Road to better representation

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