Don't Wanna Be a Mom and That's Okay: Owning your body and your choices without apology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798278385264)

A journalistic and sociological investigation into reproductive freedom in the 21st century.

Far more than a personal memoir, Don't Wanna Be a Mom and That's Okay is a contemporary treatise on the deconstruction of compulsory motherhood. Based on unprecedented field research conducted in 2025 with 51 women, journalist Monica March delivers a robust behavioral analysis of one of the most impactful silent revolutions of our age: the choice to be childfree.

In this work, the author transcends mere opinion, anchoring the discussion in hard demographic data and a solid theoretical foundation, engaging with thinkers such as Simone de Beauvoir, bell hooks, Patricia Hill Collins, and Naomi Wolf. The result is a profound mapping of how social pressure, economic structures, and cultural myths-such as the universal "maternal instinct"-operate to limit female autonomy.

Weaving the rigor of journalistic investigation with the sensitivity of active listening, March investigates:

• The Sociology of Choice: How the decision not to have children impacts social mobility, career trajectories, and women's financial autonomy.

• Intersectionality: The reality of non-motherhood through the lens of race and social class.

• Expanded Fertility: The concept of leaving a social, artistic, or intellectual legacy that extends beyond biology.

• The Myth of Regret: What real data says about the happiness and aging of childfree women, debunking the stereotype of loneliness.

Don't Wanna Be a Mom and That's Okay is not just a book for those who have decided against having children; it is an essential read for gender scholars, mental health professionals, and anyone interested in understanding new family configurations and the inalienable right to say "no" in order to say "yes" to an authentic life.

About the Author: Monica March is a journalist and writer dedicated to investigating contemporary social transformations and life choices that challenge the status quo. Her work combines qualitative research with literary narrative to document the modern female identity.

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