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Janet_A
8 years agoMember
Are you a breast cancer survivor who happens to be childless?
I have been a member of this online network since 2014, just after my diagnosis. At a recent breast cancer seminar at a city near where I live, something hit me like it hasn't in all this time, the su...
Janet_A
8 years agoMember
Yes, perhaps unfair but I guess my point is we are a demographic, 1 in 5 women, so we count! We have concerns about our health so far I can't find many answers but I'm onto it.
We can say woes to me but to find a group where you can express an opinion and be answered is fairly special. I am not looking for a group that talks about the why nots but a group who's opinion matters. Childless women hardly ever get asked, famous quote from Julia Gillard to Barack Obama, 'you think being black and president is difficult, try being white single female without children'. We have so much to bring to the table, we have the advantage of allowing children to grow and be free without the restraints that a mother might bestow on their children in fear of accidents or whatever.
Smokie, originally from Victor Harbor now living in North Queensland in a beautiful valley south of Mackay.
We can say woes to me but to find a group where you can express an opinion and be answered is fairly special. I am not looking for a group that talks about the why nots but a group who's opinion matters. Childless women hardly ever get asked, famous quote from Julia Gillard to Barack Obama, 'you think being black and president is difficult, try being white single female without children'. We have so much to bring to the table, we have the advantage of allowing children to grow and be free without the restraints that a mother might bestow on their children in fear of accidents or whatever.
Smokie, originally from Victor Harbor now living in North Queensland in a beautiful valley south of Mackay.