Tired as Hell TBVMFH

is wanting to be a wife and mother a requirement for being a woman?

why might OP be annoyed with replies assuming that this post is about being aroace or transmasc if a woman doesn’t want to be a wife or mother?

are there reasons unrelated to sexuality and romantic interest that might make a woman not want to be a wife or mother?

are there reasons unrelated to gender identity and expression that might make a woman not want to be a wife and mother?

core concept: what is gender essentialism?

is it gender essentialism to imply that all women inherently want to be wives and mothers? could this be what OP is critiquing?

look at the notes OP responds to. is it gender essentialism to imply that being a wife and mother is so affixed to womanhood that to not want to be those things means you’re incapable of sexual/romantic feelings, or not a woman?

Previous anon gave many good examples and there's another dire consequence to that imo. NB women rushing to use products made for natural hair, creating shortage of said products for the people who have been using it from the start. Worst case scenario being the company noticing ww using their products and then changing the formula to accommodate them, making the product unsuitable for Black consumers who used it to begin with *cough* Miele organics and so many others *cough*

I just realized that the little, I believe, AI generated short story to link to my actual story has me listed as a single parent. Their contact is also AI and gives instructions to change MY writing, but not the one that they created. I am not a single parent. There is not a child in my temporary home. I am not sure why that was the caption for my story. It isn't one that I chose. I am broke alone. I had a cat, but she died and the person who had been living with us, as well as my mother and grandmother. Unsure how parenting got involved, but I am presuming AI.