Center for Aging Science x Division of Social Science

09:00pm - 10:00pm
Online via Zoom

Center for Aging Science X Division of Social Science Online Book Launch Event

The Truth About (M)otherhood: Choosing to be Childfree

This event will include an introduction to the book project, snapshots of each chapter in the book and the implications of findings. The publisher, editors and authors will also be there to answer your questions so don't miss out!

Host: Prof Stuart Gietel-Basten (SOSC, Director of Center for Aging Science) 
Date: Tuesday 2 March 2021
Time: 9 PM HKT
Venue: Via Zoom (meeting ID and passcode will be sent upon successful registration)
Open for ALL interested but registration is required: REGISTER NOW

About the book:
In a world full of messages about the joys of motherhood, ticking biological clocks, pronatalist ideologies and socio-cultural imperatives for women to mother, what does the alternative look like? That is, what is the experience of women who choose, or find themselves without progeny, when they are deemed “other”, instead of being a “mother”? This anthology of interdisciplinary work links to sociology, anthropology, psychology, demography, religion, language, literature, popular media, medicine and child and family studies. Are women that choose to be childfree always narcissistic, self-obsessed, and lonely? Or can they be free, mobile, and successful? Do all women who choose to be childfree do it in the same way or have the same motivation? What is the role of age, partnership status, trauma or poverty in this decision? Using techniques such as literature review, ethnographic interviews, autoethnography, and textual analysis and reframing, these sixteen authors from around the globe unpack largely pronatalist, racist, sexist and heteronormative views and assumptions about childfree women.

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