Childless
Literature
It is not unreasonable that social expectation plays a very significant role in the experience of childless women: Women are socialized to want children, leaving it impossible to distinguish inherent desire from learned expectation, which may be reason behind many people trying very hard to have children and ending up less happy [1].
Parenthood and happiness =
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Men
References
- ↑ Hansen et al., "Parenthood and Happiness: A Review of Folk Theories Versus Empirical Evidence", Social Indicators Research, 2012, DOI:10.1007/s11205-011-9865-y, SciHub Link.
- ↑ Smith,Knight,Fletcher,Macdonald et al., "When men choose to be childless: An interpretative phenomenological analysis", Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 2020, DOI:10.1177/0265407519864444, SciHub Link.