domingo, 27 de setembro de 2015

Kim Cattrall on not having children


Fantastic interview with Kim Cattrall by Jane Garvey at BBC Woman's Hour special program "Kim Cattrall takeover". The whole thing is worth-listening to, but I have transcribed the part about not having children here for you, ladies :)

- Jane GarveyYou have talked very openly in the past about not having children, which, I have to say, is a subject that I find difficult to raise with people. Particularly the women who appear on Woman's Hour. In fact, I shy away from addressing the issue unless the person has come on specifically to talk about it. And so it is important to emphasize that you wanted o introduce not having children into the conversation. I haven't used the term childless or, at least, I don't think I have because that is offensive isn't it?

- Kim Cattrall: Well, it is the "less" that is offensive, isn't it? Child-less, it sounds like you are less because you haven't had a child. I think that for a lot of people, for my generation, it wasn't actually a conscious choice. It was a feeling of I am on this road and things are going really well. And I am very happy. And I'll do it next year. I'll do it in two years. I'll do it in five years. And then suddenly you are in your early forties and you think maybe now? And you go to your doctor and she says to you, well, yes we can do it, but you'll have to become a bit of a science experiment here because we have to find out how you can stay pregnant. We can get you pregnant but you have to stay pregnant now because your body is not producing. So it was a feeling of: well, do I really want to do that now? And I just thought: I don't know if I want it that much. What also comes with having a child is: is this the partner that I want to spend the rest of my life communicating with in a very intimate, intimate way throughout the child's life. So, for me, timing-wise it was was never right.  I have been married and I enjoyed very much been married, my two marriages, but we never really got to the point where it seemed a natural progression in our relationship that we would become parents.

Jane Garvey: so you didn't become a parent and...

Kim Cattrall: not a biological parent. But I am a parent. I have young actors and actress that I mentor. I have nieces and nephews that I am very close to so I think the thing that I find questionable about being childless or child-free: are you really? I mean, there is a way to become a mother in this day and age that does't include your name on a child's birth certificate. You can express that maternal side of you very very clearly, very strongly. It feels very satisfying. (...). There are many different ways to be a mom in the world.

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