Mothers. (Trigger warning: Sexual assault.)

Welcome to blog people. Lately I have been thinking about mothers after Mother's Day last Sunday (15th March). Mother's can through a lot and sometimes it can be tough having children. For this reason I understand why some people chose not to have children. There is no right or wrong answer here it is up to each individual person because it their body. But if ever a woman wants to have children, often the man expects her to be this maternal, caring parent. This includes making dinners and dealing with school uniform for example. A ,main reason for this is because society for far too long now has taught men that it is wrong for them to show emotion. Men have been made to believe that men who show emotion are weak and that this is not a good thing, Obviously none of this is true.

Men can and should do their fair share. There will be fathers who do which is good because women often work full-time jobs as do men. Women often have it harder too. If a woman was pregnant and she went for an interview for a senior position, she is less likely to get the job than a man also being interviewed just purely because she would need maternity leave. Men do now get paternity leave though this is not as long as the woman would be for having the baby.

The other thing I wanted to highlight was that some women end up raising children as single mothers. This could include anyone whose partner leaves them, anyone fleeing domestic violence or if someone was sexually assaulted by a man and she chose to keep the baby. If some people had their way, abortions would be illegal in the United Kingdom anyway.

So the point of my post today is to emphasis that I support mothers because mothers sometimes have it hard. I'm also shouting out to the trans and non-binary parents too because I know you sometimes have it hard too. Women's rights, trans rights and non-binary rights are continuously at threat in this day and age. I only hope things will change for the better.

Until next time,

Thomas.