Orna Donath - Social pressure and stigma around regretting motherhood

Tant que je serai Noire

From Tant que je serai, I’m Tsippora and this is the podcast Tant que je serai Noire.

A series of episodes that questions black women desire and non-desire to have children. In this podcast my guests are challenging social and cultural norms to push people to discover different points of views and to think differently.

Like me, at the young age of 16, my guest Orna Donath knew with certainty that she would never be a mother.

Orna Donath, a Doctor of Sociology who studies the field of non-motherhood, motherhood, and regret. She is a social activist and the writer of the book Regretting Motherhood, published in two thousand and fifteen, which was translated into fourteen languages.

To Orna, this self-realization of not being a mother was not as extraordinary as society would want her to believe. To her, it was something normal. Just as common as choosing to become a mother.

Another interesting point is the fact that there are women out there who have become mothers and regret the decision and that is so taboo and so stigmatized that it's rarely spoken about.

With Orna we talked about the social pressures around motherhood, the stigma around regret, and why it's such a sensitive subject for mothers.

I am so happy to had the opportunity to discuss with such an interesting woman, thank you Orna.

Enjoy !

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Montage et mixage : Aldric Mailloux

Réalisation : Tsippora Sidibé

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