Don’t Blame Chappell Roan for Calling Motherhood ‘Hell’—Blame the System

glamour.com:

pop is not a parent. But last week, she said that American motherhood seems like “hell,” and the explosive reaction to her comments is revealing how broken our system really is.It’s important to note that Roan wasn’t attacking or the choice to become one.

She was talking about what she’d witnessed in her friendship group, and her own response to that. But more broadly, she might have hit upon a truth of the state of motherhood in the US—one in which moms have no social net, minimal support, and are focused to often burn the candle at both ends.

It’s the state of American motherhood that is, in actuality, rather hellish.For starters, women in the US are currently facing an attack on our and civil rights unlike anything we’ve seen in decades.

In several states, the choice whether or not to continue a pregnancy, or become a mother, is one that is becoming increasingly controlled.But once a woman gives birth, she is largely on her own.