Birth of an Interesting Debate
Very interesting article in the New York Observer on the “pro-create or not” debate. Seems that in NYC, of all places, there’s a certain status in pushing a baby stroller. As Lizzy Ratner writes:"But sometime during the past few years, something strange happened to these historically reticent reproducers. They freaked out, got busy and turned themselves into mascots for the new maternity. In just five years, between 2000 and 2005, the number of children under five living in Manhattan ballooned more than 32 percent, according to Census figures."
Hmmm. Seem to me the worst reason to have a kid is to feel “under pressure” to do so. Of course, that’s just me. But then again, I was influenced – and had the privilege to work with – the great Betty Friedan. She wasn’t against breeding, but if a woman could give birth to a great treatise or theorem, that wasn’t bad, either.
