Motherhood
I’ll be a mother someday, I said
He said, You’ll need a man for that.
I replied,
I didn’t say I wanted to be pregnant.
I said I wanted to be a mother.
You don’t need anybody but a child for that.
Update: 22 Sep 2023 – I wrote this post when I was much younger and knew far less about gender and feminism. I listened to this podcast today and I feel proud of younger me for that clarity on motherhood, even if I didn’t have words to express it.
@ aparna: Thengyu!
@ rambler: I didn’t quite get that. I’d guess every child needs both a mother and a father. In the context of my post women have been playing both roles in some cases for far longer than men have now.
LMAO.. congrats on moving XX to its home
That child could be him as well
I like muchly the template to the old blog. This one is nice, too.
I so agree with that. Have had that thought for long. People, always, only see what they wanna see.
lol cool! i even agree on that!
hmm do you think the child you need to become a mother, needs a father?
ramblers last idea: Wisdom from a TV show-3