The Day Six theme of World Childless Week is "We Are Worthy."
Do you feel worthy, or has society and the increase of pronatalism made you feel unworthy? Do we need to change our own narrative before we can rediscover the worth we hold as unique individuals, independent of our circumstances? What makes us worthy as a human being, the ability to give birth or a heart that is supportive, encouraging, open-minded, loving and caring?
It’s time to explore and celebrate our worth.
Three years ago, there was a summit for childless people during National Infertility Awareness Week on the theme of "We Are Worthy," and I wrote about it and my thoughts on the subject of worthiness here. I can't think of any others I've written about worth/worthiness in particular, but I have pointed out examples of pronatalism and how the childless/free experience has been marginalized, when I've found them. I didn't know the term "pronatalism" when I first started this blog, so they're all tagged "mommy mania," which was the best I could come up with at the time. Someday, perhaps, I'll go through them all and change them! (There's 140+ of them, so I'm not in any rush! lol)
On the flip side, I suppose, would be the posts I've written about or touching on feminism, tagged as "the f word." I was brought up thoroughly steeped in the second-wave feminist messages of the 1970s (for good and for bad); I have always believed and often said that I am more than my uterus. Unfortunately, that's still not the message that society tends to send us or the people around us....!
The "bible" on pronatalism from a childfree (by choice) perspective would be "The Baby Matrix" by Laura Carroll (which I reviewed here). A real eye-opener, and highly recommended!
Check out today's content on the WCW site, including community members' contributions and several live webinars. All but one of them will be recorded and uploaded to the Day Six page for anyone who cannot make the live events.
(Unfortunately, that would include ME, lol -- we will be up north for a weekend at dh's cousin's cottage. But I will look forward to catching up when we get back home!)
I was new to the term "pronatalism" pretty recently myself, although not new to the concept. Love your links!
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