Ivo, cultural operator from Sardinia, tells us in Campidanese Sardinian the reasons behind his choice of a life without children, despite being pressured from family and society. He reflects upon the absence of the term “parents” in Sardinian language. Vuoi…
Andrés addresses the issue of parenthood and discusses his life experience, including as a gay boy, in the Colombian context. Andrés reflects from a personal and political perspective with respect to the choice of non-parenthood: he suffers from relative pressure…
Three students from the University of Washington reflect upon their position with regards to women who choose not to have children: while they show full respect for the right to choose, they do not understand the rejection of a biological…
Following the screening of the film “Lunàdigas, or Concerning childfree women”, at Essen, in Germany, Malik tells us about the condition suffered by women with no children in Burkina Faso, his homeland: treated as witches or prostitutes, women are marginalized…
Starting from his profession as a psychiatrist, Leonardo reflects upon his own personal condition as a man without children, a point of reference for his nieces and nephews and for the comunity as a whole. He espresses his view in…
Carlo A. Borghi, author of the book “Monologhi impossibili. Le esclusive rivelazioni di 35 mitiche lunàdigas” (Arkadia Editore), introduced in this interview, retraces his family history and his own human and cultural background, telling us of the reasons behind not…
Luca, not ruling out the idea of fatherhood in the future, questions the traditional historical concept which sees having a family as a social duty fulfilling the life of an adult. He instead emphasises how he is more focused on…
Maria Paregger, doctor specialised in anthroposofic medicine and Claudio Risé, psychologist and psychotherapist, talk about the identity of "wild women", taking the cue from their book dedicated to them: "Die Saligen", translated in Italy in 2015 with the title "Le…
