Brigette Bardot was "childfree"

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/brigitte-bardots-estranged-son-nicolas-132539420.html

She admitted she hated being pregnant, had two abortions before her son and referred to him as a "tumor" yet the famous actress allowed herself to be talked into it and kept him. Maybe people really were prisoners to breeding back in the 60's , much more than today.

I mean it's not like now where you can go online and find TONS upon TONS of people (mostly women) who will tell you just how horrible having kids is, from pregnancy to parenting under the veil of anonymity. I'm sure women hated parenting in the 60s too, but it was likely taboo to come right out and say having kids sucks. It's still taboo now to say it out loud, but people will spill ALL the details if they can say it online and not be identified by their friends and family. So many women will be lulled into a sense of false confidence being told shit like "it's all worth it" and "you'll love it when it gets here," and by other women at that! It's like they don't want any of their "sisters" to "get away" with avoiding the suffering they went through.

Still, I wish more women were more openly candid about parenting, especially if they don't like it. Future generations of women deserve to know the truth so they can make an informed decision about what is likely the most life-changing event they could possibly experience.

I love that Bardot was sued for invasion of privacy and had to pay fines for likening her brat to a tumor in her memoir. Because yes, how DARE you be honest in your own fucking book about your own fucking life. And then her husband wrote his own memoir about their relationship to "correct" her version of the facts. Wow, he was so butthurt he had to make a whole book mansplaining why her honesty was wrong.

I wish there was a way to help women now to try and figure out if motherhood is truly right for them before they go and do it. Because so many women are ignorant or cave to societal/familial pressure and wind up with kids they can't stand who they proceed to neglect, abandon and abuse. The fact that some people are not cut out to be parents needs to be common knowledge. Just because everyone can procreate doesn't mean it's a universally enjoyable experience. Everyone can run too, but that doesn't mean they all LIKE running.