No to Children, Yes to Childfreedom:

Pronatalism is a word that undoubtedly most have never heard and a cultural force that most have never contemplated, yet this powerful force defines womanhood and shapes our assumptions of what a woman should be. It makes assertions about what provides...

Pronatalism can be traced to early patriarchal religions in which women were clearly tied to their reproductive role and motherhood was promoted as a woman’s primary purpose and duty to God. Tying women to their reproductive role ensured that the population...

The forces of pronatalism which construct cultural discourses on femininity around motherhood take shape in many forms, but these can be generalized into three categories: the glorification of motherhood and children; powerful religious, psychological...

So far, this discussion has focused on pronatalism and its origins - how it exerts control over women to shape their destiny as mother - through the glorification of motherhood and rewards to parents, the simultaneous discrimination against the childfree...