When are you having kids?

"When are you going to have kids?"

Join us as we navigate through our own questions about taking the step towards motherhood and explain why this question can be so intrusive. While it may seem innocent, making a general assumption for all women is a dick thing to do.

More than that, you don't know what internal issues or health problems that may contribute to difficulties in conceiving, so why insert yourself into someones personal struggle. Just take a second to think that the choice to have a child may not be hers to make, so don't assume children are in her future.

Disclaimer: this one is extra rant filled!

Join us on our quest to change our society by thinking about the language we use on each other!

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And remember, we can all be dicks sometimes!

Resources and reading from this episode:

• Infertility - NHS UK
• Millennial Women are Delaying Having Children Due To Their Careers - Forbes
• Fertility and Finances - SoFi
• Children and Gender Inequality: Evidence from Denmark - National Bureau of Economic Research
• How far can female fertility be extended? - BBC Future
• Getting a Job: Is There a Motherhood Penalty? - Shelley J. Correll, Stephen Benard and In Paik: Journal Paper (Access may be restricted)

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