Sucks that we live in a society (at least here in the US) that doesn’t do more for teen mothers, all because of the “sin” of wanting to have an orgasm. (and they just ignore that sexual release is a biological imperative.)
I mean it wouldn’t be as big of a deal if motherhood was supported properly. If a 19 y/o mother could take 6-8 months or even a year out of college then pick their program back up right where they left off, have plenty of childcare covered by either the state or by family who are doing well enough themselves, and plenty of healthcare for her and the kid, it wouldn’t be a big deal at all. Especially if it were normalized for men to also get and take paternity leave so academics and employers had less reason to discriminate.
Realistically the very tail end of adolescence is the beginning of the sweet spot of when the body is mature enough to handle that we just don’t adequately socially support women at that point (or any other point but). The emotional maturity thing is meant to be supported by older community members. You’re supposed to be able to hand your little brat to a 40y/o who actually has patience to manage them safely when they won’t stop throwing tantrums and we’d have those people if they weren’t also working 80h weeks.
If they really want women having children younger that’s 100% doable with adequate social support for mothers of all ages but they just wanna squeeze every last drop of “productivity” out of every part of this system then get pissy when women get stingy. Like statistics actually support that women make more babies when they feel safe to do so it’s literally that fucking simple but nooo
They aren’t talking about 19 year olds lmao, Republicans and Fox News types have been openly calling for high schoolers to get pregnant. But yes I agree with you, no matter what we should be supporting all of our mothers better in this country.
Sucks that we live in a society (at least here in the US) that doesn’t do more for teen mothers, all because of the “sin” of wanting to have an orgasm. (and they just ignore that sexual release is a biological imperative.)
Best of luck.
Hey my country has been loudly and proudly proclaiming that teen pregnancies are too low so maybe that will change here lmfaooooo
I mean it wouldn’t be as big of a deal if motherhood was supported properly. If a 19 y/o mother could take 6-8 months or even a year out of college then pick their program back up right where they left off, have plenty of childcare covered by either the state or by family who are doing well enough themselves, and plenty of healthcare for her and the kid, it wouldn’t be a big deal at all. Especially if it were normalized for men to also get and take paternity leave so academics and employers had less reason to discriminate.
Realistically the very tail end of adolescence is the beginning of the sweet spot of when the body is mature enough to handle that we just don’t adequately socially support women at that point (or any other point but). The emotional maturity thing is meant to be supported by older community members. You’re supposed to be able to hand your little brat to a 40y/o who actually has patience to manage them safely when they won’t stop throwing tantrums and we’d have those people if they weren’t also working 80h weeks.
If they really want women having children younger that’s 100% doable with adequate social support for mothers of all ages but they just wanna squeeze every last drop of “productivity” out of every part of this system then get pissy when women get stingy. Like statistics actually support that women make more babies when they feel safe to do so it’s literally that fucking simple but nooo
They aren’t talking about 19 year olds lmao, Republicans and Fox News types have been openly calling for high schoolers to get pregnant. But yes I agree with you, no matter what we should be supporting all of our mothers better in this country.
That is just wild to me. :)