'It's not terrible, the single comments people make, but it adds up to like a thousand paper cuts.'
When 26-year-old Rose* tells people she doesn't want kids, she gets called"a selfish bitch, a child hater, unlovable, etc. I've also been told no man will ever love me."
34-year-old Emily told us that"besides the pressure to procreate because of some false sense of 'female duty,' there is a lot of stigma about being childfree in the black community. You are viewed as abnormal. To be black and proud of your heritage often means to continue your lineage." Kelly, a 40-year-old pediatrician, shared,"People doubt my ability at work because I don't have kids." She said her manager even qualified a positive performance appraisal by noting that"I appear to be very family-centered and surprisingly work well with families, even though I don't have kids."
Hostility also comes from complete strangers as well. One respondent shared that she had"been threatened with rape" after revealing she was childfree in online forums.
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