Chrissy Teigen: We Shouldn’t ‘Assume All Women’s Goals Are To Have Kids’ – Huffington Post

Chrissy Teigen thinks its important for people to leave it to women to discuss if theywantchildren instead of simply assuming every woman does.

The model and mother of 11-month-old daughter Luna sat down with Refinery29s Arianna Davis to talk about her struggle with post-partum depression and why our society needs to accept women who choose to lead childfree lives.The interview is part of R29s new series Mothership, which highlights women and their different experiences with motherhood or their choices to be childfree.

When Davis broached the subject of motherhood as an if, not a when, for women, Teigen replied that women should have the space to discuss motherhood as an option,not a guarantee.

Davis revealed that she is personally struggling with the decision to have kids or not, especially when people assume everyone wants children.

Well, first of all, I want to commend you in your decision to be open about maybe not having children at all, Teigen told Davis. I think its really commendable to even doubt the process out loud, because I dont feel like people should be pressured to have children.

Teigen said that all too often people are appalled when a woman reveals it was her choice to live a childfree life.

Im sure that when you announce that fact [that youre trying to decide if you want children] to somebody, theyre very quick to be like, Gasp! Why dont you want kids? Teigen said. And Ive never been that way with people, because I dont think any of us should assume all womens goals are to have kids. Its a choice!

This isnt the first time Teigens spoken out about the pressures women face to have children.

In a 2015 interview with Tyra Banks, Teigen who, at that point, did not have children explained how hard it was for her and her husband to have a child and the shame she experienced surrounding infertility.

Its been a process!Weve seen fertility doctors. And then once you open up about all those things to other people, you start learning that a lot of people in your life are seeing these people, and they have this shame about it, she told Banks. So anytime somebody asks me if Im going to have kids, Im like, One day,youre going to ask that to the wrong girl whos really struggling, and its going to be really hurtful to them. And I hate that. So I hate it. Stop asking me!

Head over to Refinery29 to read Teigens full interview.

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Chrissy Teigen: We Shouldn't 'Assume All Women's Goals Are To Have Kids' - Huffington Post