Voices: I am child-free and happy. Why does that offend you?
by Louise Slyth
Nov 27, 2023
4 minutes
When Australian model Ellie Gonsalves shared her 118 reasons to remain child-free with her 1.2 million Instagram followers, her reasons ran from the universal, to the unusual, to the unlikely. To her absolute credit, Gonsalves did say that her list was partly satirical: one detailed post-partum hair loss, another that “your vagina will be different”.
She even said she was worried in case the child grew up to become a bully (or a rapist). “No sex for six weeks after birth” and “they may kill their twin in the womb” were two other memorable additions.
Yet, more interesting than against what’s often seen as an “alternative lifestyle”.
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