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Wednesday, November 05, 2008 of babies and not. 9:04 AM do you ever think about how you came into existence? and i don't mean the fun part. i mean you take it for granted that your mother gave birth to you. and you don't think about it until someone about your age has a child and it suddenly hits you that's what my mother had to go through? twice? kudos to you, C. and V! god, i am so proud of you. it's not pleasant. and to think it's a natural want for every woman to have a child. i'm beginning to think it's social conditioning. that women want to have children because in this patriarchal society the male gaze has instituted that it is the woman's role to have and rear children. and the whole it's such a beautiful process psychobabble is also a result of the male gaze, because women have always been validated as real women by men only after they have children. of course la, women are the ones who are able to have children, but i argue that it has become expected of us to want to have children. we want to have kids not because we want to, but because someone else wants us to. ah well. i have a few years to ponder over this. and you men complain about national service! and get more money because you dedicated 2 years of your life serving the nation (and get paid for it, even though it's minimal?) women have children! and do we get anything out of that? it's just from now that we get more maternity leave and more baby bonus - but it's all economically motivated. that singapore needs children for future sustainable growth and to build up its potential human capital. being female SUCKS. i want to be culturally and socially androgynous. 0 comments |