Social Stigma & Enlightenment"My husband and I have likened staying child free to running down a hall with people throwing chairs in your way, trying to trip you up. The journey requires a definite thoughtful resilience in the face of overwhelming disapproval from family, friends and religious organizations."
--Jennifer Enright-Ford, childfree, married 15 years, August 2000
A Purple Woman is childfree, despite societal pressures to procreate. This blog is a safe place to explore and connect on that topic. Please feel free to explore by topic in the sidebar.
January 27, 2006
Social Stigma
Dr. Carolyn Ray, a Purple Woman, has given me permission to re-publish this quote. It was written in an email to her in response to her website/essay about the social stigma of not wanting children. I've added added a link to the sidebar:
What a fantastic essay! Thanks for posting a link to it, Teri. I really enjoyed it!
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