> Given her age and the possibility (at the time, obviously known now) of a lengthy prison sentence, it was also likely the last chance for her biologically.
To be honest, this comment makes my blood boil. Her "last change biologically"? This is not some career/investment/whatever cold calculation. This is not about her, it's about the kids. Having kids is not a right, it is instead a possibility that comes with serious responsibility.
> I think people should stop assuming malice where other, equally probable, rationales could apply. Let’s give the benefit of the doubt.
I wonder if the same "benefit of the doubt" would be so readily applied to a poor person. I can picture the scenario: some poor woman that is likely going to face a long prison sentence decides to have two kids meanwhile. I can very well imagine what people would say in this case.
I agree with your first paragraph response to me completely, or at least I agree that this type of thinking isn’t acceptable, but would you agree that it is a huge part of the social discourse on women of a certain ages “running out of time” and “hearing their biological clock ticking” etc etc etc? It isn’t inconceivable that she had these thoughts and figured she would have kids while she still could?
To be honest, this comment makes my blood boil. Her "last change biologically"? This is not some career/investment/whatever cold calculation. This is not about her, it's about the kids. Having kids is not a right, it is instead a possibility that comes with serious responsibility.
> I think people should stop assuming malice where other, equally probable, rationales could apply. Let’s give the benefit of the doubt.
I wonder if the same "benefit of the doubt" would be so readily applied to a poor person. I can picture the scenario: some poor woman that is likely going to face a long prison sentence decides to have two kids meanwhile. I can very well imagine what people would say in this case.