Ada Ayse talks about the condition of women who choose, as she does, not to have children in Turkey: a woman who does not have children is considered unhappy and marginalised. For society, it is as if she does not exist. Testimony realised for the Mediterranean Women’s Archive project with the contribution of Mediterranean Women’s Fund – Fonds pour le femmes en Méditerranée.

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Ecco la trascrizione completa del video:

INTERVIEWER: «Are there lunàdigas in Turkey, women who don’t want to be mothers?
ADA AYSE: «There are and I’m one of them. They say you didn’t get married, and you didn’t have children, and that’s why you’re unhappy and can’t find peace. They say it’s not possible to make such a choice.
I am often asked why I don’t want to have kids. I always turn the question over “Why do you want children?” I never had the desire to have a child, I mean, I never wanted to give birth. I tried to imagine childbirth, but I couldn’t even think about it. I just can’t.»

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