RE: Antinatalism
December 6, 2016 at 3:20 am
(This post was last modified: December 6, 2016 at 3:23 am by Fidel_Castronaut.)
I do not intend to procreate and I am not depressed. Other people having children doesn't factor in to my decision at all, but I do admit I am unwilling to create a life mainly because I am unwilling to help or look after it.
What I do wish though is that society would stop looking at childless people as somehow 'selfish' or weird. People always assume 'oh so when are you having children then?' When I respond never because I enjoy my life without them they always disbelieve me, or say stupid inane idiotic things like 'oh but you'll change your mind one day!' I won't, at all, but it also ignores the fact that some people can't have children and that in fact it's none of your goddamn business. People feel obliged or even entitled to ask that question, when in fact it's actually pretty personal and is not something I'd ever dream of asking even my friends. It is not an obligation to reproduce.
What I do wish though is that society would stop looking at childless people as somehow 'selfish' or weird. People always assume 'oh so when are you having children then?' When I respond never because I enjoy my life without them they always disbelieve me, or say stupid inane idiotic things like 'oh but you'll change your mind one day!' I won't, at all, but it also ignores the fact that some people can't have children and that in fact it's none of your goddamn business. People feel obliged or even entitled to ask that question, when in fact it's actually pretty personal and is not something I'd ever dream of asking even my friends. It is not an obligation to reproduce.
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