An excellent, thoughtful, and thought-provoking article. I appreciated the recognition of the ‘messy’ and ‘animalistic’ side of motherhood, and it was brave, and necessary, to acknowledge the special need for mother-infant closeness in the early stages of life, and probably for a longer period than is currently allowed for (and in some cases desired by) working mothers. Yes, it’s time for a more mature, sensitive and realistic discussion of how we manage the needs of motherhood, and how we compensate women for their biology, and our need for it.
Aidan Collingwood
3 years ago
It seems as if babies are, to left-liberals and the more strident feminists in particular, the political equivalent of a rugby ball: something to be squeezed out of the “scrum” and then, as quickly as possible, passed down the line for others to look after so that the mother can get back to that most crucial and life-affirming of all things, her career.
An excellent, thoughtful, and thought-provoking article. I appreciated the recognition of the ‘messy’ and ‘animalistic’ side of motherhood, and it was brave, and necessary, to acknowledge the special need for mother-infant closeness in the early stages of life, and probably for a longer period than is currently allowed for (and in some cases desired by) working mothers. Yes, it’s time for a more mature, sensitive and realistic discussion of how we manage the needs of motherhood, and how we compensate women for their biology, and our need for it.
It seems as if babies are, to left-liberals and the more strident feminists in particular, the political equivalent of a rugby ball: something to be squeezed out of the “scrum” and then, as quickly as possible, passed down the line for others to look after so that the mother can get back to that most crucial and life-affirming of all things, her career.