Babies being “given” to women as gifts makes the women sound powerless. Just something that a present was put into, like a cupboard or a shelf – rather than a reasoning adult who decided they were ready to be a mother.
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| — | Caitlin Moran, The Times, 17/3/12. http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/magazine/article3348848.ece (via buckbeakbabie) |
