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BitcoinBelle | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 The low birth rate trend is proof that women are more selfish and disillusioned now than ever before. It’s evidence that women have been liberated and eugenics worked. Vanity, promiscuity, and mental illness have replaced attributes of a well rounded mother. Meanwhile propaganda perpetuates narratives that motherhood is a burden. 

Girls aren’t being raised to become mothers so they grow into narcissists.
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hmichellerose | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 you don't seem to know that women are people.
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BitcoinBelle | 1 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 I know that I was raised by a single woman. I watched her work hard, educate herself, become a home owner and receive a PHD. I was there along side her as she accomplished her dreams. I also listened to her tell me to avoid feminist teachings because it’s one thing to get on a high horse to argue and another to live the life you’re arguing about. She lived the boss babe life and let it be known that having a husband and raising a family was definitely what I wanted. 

I know that I was a little girl raised to be a wife and mother because that’s the only way to be sure you’re leaving the world better than you got it. I also understand that arguments like yours lead women to a life of loneliness. It’s all empowerment until you’re 57 and have no one to rely on. 

Sure, women are people but a woman was given fallopian tubes, mammary glands, and a uterus for a reason. Having a child doesn’t stop anything. My mom was superwoman to me but had she not had a child and only been an individual she would’ve died alone.