Episode 20: No Kidding – Childfree and Loving it

When are you going to have kids? Never?! That’s fine with us.

In this episode we look at the childfree movement and the supposed epidemic of women, who choose not to follow their “biological imperative” to have kids.

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Carroll, Laura. “Moving Toward a True Childfree Movement.” Huffington Post(blog), October 18, 2017. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/moving-toward-a-true-childfree-movement_us_59e77050e4b0432b8c11ebc3.

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Donovan, Louise. “Why These Millennials Are Choosing to Be Sterilized in Their 20s.” Vice, March 2, 2017. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/78q9za/the-people-choosing-to-be-sterilised-in-their-twenties.

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———. “Childlessness Falls, Family Size Grows Among Highly Educated Women.” Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends Project(blog), May 7, 2015. http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/05/07/childlessness-falls-family-size-grows-among-highly-educated-women/.

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