In her book Progressive Prejudice: Exposing the Devouring Mother, Anne-Marie Slaughter argues that children are no longer blessings, they are burdens

The fertility crisis amplifies the perspective of women while marginalizing the voices of children.

When maternal pain is magnified children are encouraged to internalize a negative view of their existence.

Children, forced to hear how their existence brought upon their mother are being punished for the sin of existing.

While I am eternally thankful for my son, fears surrounding birth amidst leftist, anti-natal culture, are rational. The complex cultural and political debate surrounding the benefits and drawbacks of women birthing children would benefit from a truth I learned through the pain of experience. Birth is a metamorphosis. Women are never the same after the experience, nor is the transfiguration equal for all. Some women transform into monsters, others into mothers. Leslie Corbly , author of Progressive Prejudice: Exposing the Devouring Mother. Image: Freepik ..