This. This.

… and emotional sacrifice is not required for raising children; it’s required for accommodating men. The presence of patriarchy has tainted everything we know about what motherhood means. The best thing we can do is free ourselves of the obligation to be some cookie-cutter kind of mom. We should make an effort to unlearn the “moral mother” narrative that binds women to caretaking as a career and define motherhood for ourselves, this time with both mother and child in mind. Mothers aren’t short on self-governance; they are, however, running dangerously low on self-care.

Motherhood Was Designed By Men

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Alesha Peterson

Jul 20, 2021

This. This. This is why I offer free babysitting to my friends that are moms, no questions asked. Mom’s self care is extremely important to me. (And as someone who wants to stay childfree, thanks for writing this. ❤)

Written by Alesha Peterson

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