In some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
A woman who chooses to remain childless is no less of a woman than one who chooses motherhood. From Wordnik.com. [Tick Tock that Biological Clock - Feministing] Reference
A growing number of women are choosing to remain childless, or “childfree.”. From Wordnik.com. [Mother May I? « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
Well, your discussion of childbirth and raising a child only confirms my decision to remain childless, I must say!. From Wordnik.com. [Misconceptions « Tales from the Reading Room] Reference
I was trying to convince myself that I wanted to remain childless, as so many people I know are forgoing children by choice. From Wordnik.com. [The Powerful Equation of Love] Reference
Women who choose to remain childless are free to compete as men do but their femininity is suspect and it, rightly, pisses them off. From Wordnik.com. [It’s My Motherhood, And I’ll Celebrate It If I Want To | Her Bad Mother] Reference
And is it not on record that Henley once dashed across a manuscript the terse pronouncement, "I take no interest in childless women"?. From Wordnik.com. [Marriage as a Trade] Reference
But if I don't feel capable of taking care of a child I'd rather remain childless. From Wordnik.com. [Tick Tock that Biological Clock - Feministing] Reference
Frankly, I'm appalled, by those comments from a few that call childless people selfish. From Wordnik.com. [AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed] Reference
At one time Seattle was at the front of the curve in becoming a so-called childless city. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page]
The state launched that program just last July, expanding BadgerCare to so-called childless adults. From Wordnik.com. [JSOnline.com] Reference
Wait wait, I bet we’ve just answered why these dreaded Career Women remain childless: they have HUSBANDS!. From Wordnik.com. [Forbes? YOU SUCK. « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
And of course "childless" itself is a fraught term. From Wordnik.com. [Elizabeth Gregory: Childlessness and Late Fertility: Parsing the New Pew Report] Reference
No, it’s not at all like calling childless people criminals. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Destroying the Constitution’s Structure is not Constitutional] Reference
So, I just want to say something to everyone out there who pities 'childless' couples. From Wordnik.com. [Child -less] Reference
When people refer to couples who don't have children, they often use the word 'childless'. From Wordnik.com. [Child -less] Reference
I truly don't appreciate comments blaming Feminism for leaving women "childless", especially as a central tenet of Feminism is choices. From Wordnik.com. [Oh, Rebecca, Rebecca: Forgive Your Mother Already!] Reference
Some people remain childless. From Wordnik.com. [ProWomanProLife » Brave or nuts? That is the question] Reference
"childless," though he really had children, Diss. de Num.p. 649, 650; to which it appears very difficult to give our assent. From Wordnik.com. [The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem] Reference
I can testify that it's hard to be childless at 36. From Wordnik.com. [How Old Is Too Old?] Reference
Which is what the childless couple must ultimately decide. From Wordnik.com. [Childless And Proud Of It] Reference
Single, dating, childless people go to the cinema more often. From Wordnik.com. [Indie games retailers struggling - hardcore gamer decline to blame?] Reference
But she was childless, and swayed by the mother's desperate logic. From Wordnik.com. [The Jewish Priest] Reference
For the childless, all this research must certainly feel redeeming. From Wordnik.com. [Having Kids Makes You Happy] Reference
In Africa, parents have a higher social status than childless adults. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble with Celibacy] Reference
Here is the hard, awful, boring truth: childless people are not ogres. From Wordnik.com. [Childless And Proud Of It] Reference
I'm childless by choice because I don't enjoy being around small kids. From Wordnik.com. [Carolyn Hax: Small children scare off this would-be mother] Reference
But single and childless at 46, she has become a target for the far right. From Wordnik.com. [Not The Year Of The Women] Reference
She now preaches the joys of raising a child to her childless girlfriends. From Wordnik.com. [JAPAN: Bucking the Baby Bust] Reference
A childless cousin wanted to raise me, a maternal version of a vice-president. From Wordnik.com. [Ben Evans: The Poetry of Michael Tyrell] Reference
Most childless couples struggle with these questions over a period of many years. From Wordnik.com. [Childless And Proud Of It] Reference
Single and childless women in their 30s or older are makeinu, the author declared. From Wordnik.com. [LOSER DOG NATION] Reference
As her story is told in Genesis 38, her first husband dies, leaving her childless. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible's Lost Stories] Reference
It is one thing, for example, to read that Abraham and Sarah were old and childless. From Wordnik.com. [In The Beginning Was the Word … Now Come the Drawings] Reference
Readers of our Sept. 4 cover story on choosing to be childless mused over the trend. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: An Existential Choice] Reference
In other words, it won't be a childless career woman such as Dole, or a patrician suburbanite like New Jersey Gov. From Wordnik.com. [You Sure Don't Fit The Profile] Reference
While a freshman at Columbia University, I came out, which seemed to clinch the fact that I would go through life childless. From Wordnik.com. [Helping To Create A New Kind Of Family] Reference
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