In Washington DC, Sarah and Elisabeth, not yet in their twenties, discuss their respective evolving positions on motherhood, drawing on the experiences of their mothers and them as daughters. Many topics are addressed, from the maternal instinct to personal fulfillment,…
Antigone, forty-two years old, reflects on the condition of childfree women in Greece, the country where she lives. Starting from the negative term used for childfree people, she dwells on her personal case: Antigone did not have the opportunity to…
Radikha, a university lecturer in Essen, reflects on the condition of childfree women in India, her home country. Whether by choice or not, Indian women who do not experience motherhood are under great pressure and are marginalized socially and within…
Sybilla, a fifty-two-year-old Austrian woman, traces the stages of her life that allowed her to affirm her choice of non-parenthood. In none of the many places she has lived, does she feel there is a free space to express her…
One of the first diplomats in Italy, Graziella Simbolotti reflects thoroughly on the reasons that led her not to have children. Retracing her life, from school days to work, from her family of origin to her relationship with her husband,…
Sarah Diehl, author of the book "Die Uhr, die nicht tickt" (2014), talks at length on the theme on which her research converges: to stimulate society to free itself from the biological, sociological, cultural and political rhetoric that wants women…
Elissa and Priscila, two young Ecuadorian women, reflect on the theme of motherhood and the constraints that come with it: on the one hand, they express their shared choice not to become mothers based on a strong sense of personal…
Met on several occasions in 2011, Margherita Hack reflects on her feelings towards motherhood. She confesses that she has never wanted children and doesn’t fell at ease with children, preferring the company of animals instead. In her brief testimony, Margherita…
