A thought that unsettled me to no end - Freezing babies (a.k.a human eggs, sperms, embryos,) and emotions for money (No, I am not seeing career here, I only see Capitalism) To what end is humanity are homo sapiens going in the name of Capitalism??!!
Can we even dare utter the word Career Goal/Achievement/Success/Any-other-crap to this appalling thought?
Can we even dare utter the word Career Goal/Achievement/Success/Any-other-crap to this appalling thought?
When I completed my Masters in Management, I too had seen my future a certain way. I too had dreams. Dreams that were made in a small town with whatever experience life had given then. A career dream that I almost achieved before life in the name of culture or culture in the name of life intervened and put a full stop it. It was hard swallowing reality but I managed that pill quite well, because to me life should not be packaged in work done for money.
I am a woman. My first grouping in the kingdom of homo sapiens. I am a woman with fertility issues. My second grouping within the group. I dreamt of having children, both my own and adopted even when I was a child. Yes, less than 15 was considered child. None of these dreams has seen the light of day due to the general reality called Life. This second pill was and is difficult to swallow - on an everyday basis. When there are some feelings that wont go away, how much ever you might try to think that they may eventually go away. Of course, the argument if I need to voluntarily do injustice to another life by bringing it into this world is a topic of lament for another day.
What could be more important in life than to fulfill our emotions or experience it in the few years that we are allotted here? Why is it that we as a race have failed to realize that we are here to just enjoy life. Capitalism is a by product of humanity. Of course, we have the Aye's and Nay's for Capitalism just like so many other things that are a by product of humanity. But with freezing babies, the human race has come to the point where it has chosen to become the by product of Capitalism.
When we are talking of animal rights for lab rats and guinea pigs, we are giving ourselves to becoming one. In the present generation, bringing babies to this world by itself has become a science experiment, when a few hundred years ago, the human race was no different from any other living thing. Who better than me to tell you that?!
If giving the option of freezing eggs is the liberation that the corporate world is giving women, I beg to please STOP. We are burdened enough with all that has been given to us that we can hardly move. True liberation to a woman would be for her to be free to choose to have her emotional needs fulfilled without the fear of losing all that she has worked for until then. If any corporate can guarantee that, I stand by such corporate and I believe all women will. The human race can thank you then for being thoughtful towards its well being.
Until then, All else that is handed down is Slavery in its Capitalist garb!
What could be more important in life than to fulfill our emotions or experience it in the few years that we are allotted here? Why is it that we as a race have failed to realize that we are here to just enjoy life. Capitalism is a by product of humanity. Of course, we have the Aye's and Nay's for Capitalism just like so many other things that are a by product of humanity. But with freezing babies, the human race has come to the point where it has chosen to become the by product of Capitalism.
When we are talking of animal rights for lab rats and guinea pigs, we are giving ourselves to becoming one. In the present generation, bringing babies to this world by itself has become a science experiment, when a few hundred years ago, the human race was no different from any other living thing. Who better than me to tell you that?!
If giving the option of freezing eggs is the liberation that the corporate world is giving women, I beg to please STOP. We are burdened enough with all that has been given to us that we can hardly move. True liberation to a woman would be for her to be free to choose to have her emotional needs fulfilled without the fear of losing all that she has worked for until then. If any corporate can guarantee that, I stand by such corporate and I believe all women will. The human race can thank you then for being thoughtful towards its well being.
Until then, All else that is handed down is Slavery in its Capitalist garb!
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