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Maybe this has already been resolved but I just want to point out that the reason women who decide to remain childless may need to rant is that we're put under tremendous societal pressure to have babies whether we want to or not. It's everything from "when am I going to have some grandchildren" to "you will never know what it means to truly be a woman until you have a baby" and all the shades of expectation in between. You'd be surprised at how much judgement gets directed at a woman who doesn't want to have children. The women who have them extol their virtues endlessly. Fine, we're glad you love your kids, that's a good thing. But to be accused of somehow being "less of a woman" for not having children (not that anybody here has done that) is insulting and upsetting, and it happens more often than you might realize if you're in the baby club.
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