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To be concerned about trad/Conservative Influencers

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sleighbells00 · 04/09/2023 20:23

Does anyone feel concerned by the trad/conservative influencers targeting young people with these sorts of messages? I came across this video on YouTube, basically about how motherhood should not be a choice but that all women should fulfill this role. I love being a mother but I would hate for a young girl/woman to stumble across this and feel that her only path in life revolves around having children, women should live the lives that bring them happiness and fulfillment.

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SpicyMoth · 04/09/2023 22:35

I gotta be honest, my generation at least from what I experienced was very much raised with "don't have children" hammered into us. Education, job, money, career, success, the girl boss narrative basically.
As someone who very much wanted/wants a family of my own, it scared me away from it for a long time due to guilt, feeling like it was naughty or bad or something.
I think I'd genuinely have loved something like this (not watched the full thing just yet) - preferably not so religious or "you don't have a choice" militant about it in approach - but it would've been nice to have seen that it's okay not to want to be career driven - And to be fair at the same time that career mentality is so pushed and so everywhere, that my immediate reaction is just "good for you".

If that's what they believe in, I don't see any harm in talking about their beliefs.
As long as they're not pushing anyone into it or forcing anyone, I don't see the issue and would've welcomed seeing more options for what life could be.

WarriorN · 04/09/2023 20:32

A little as the young women I know, including niece, really don't want children and I also query if they will be able to afford the lifestyle my generation have had (gen x). Nothing fancy but simply getting on the property ladder etc.

There's always been misogynistic men but I fear that the internet has bred more. Porn has ruined many.

At the same time I can see why some young girls may actually move towards more conservative ideals in order to reject all the above.