Unconventional Female

A century ago, it was normal for woman to marry and have babies, but western society has changed its ways. Now it's not totally uncommon to find these 3 type of females: a single mother raising children on her own, a married female who doesn't want children or single female who neither has a husband nor a child. For centuries, these choices were considered taboo, since marriage was a sacred ceremony for two individuals and since women are biologically meant to give birth to children. The media has been open up to this unconventional lifestyle with celebrities being frank about their refusal to marry or have children. During an interview on Chelsea Lately, Eva Mendes and Chelsea Handler bond over their disinterest in marriage. Eva Mendes comments, "We did it for land originally. How unromantic is that?" Charlize Theron is another celebrity who shares similar beliefs. During her interview with Piers Morgan, she spoke of her support for gay marriage but explained how she doesn't want to perform the act herself, explaining, "Marriage, before I felt this way about this issue, was never something that was important...I want for myself a long-term relationship...The actual ceremony is not something that's important to me." On the same television show, Chelsea Handler made an appearance and surprised Piers Morgan when she said she doesn't want to be a mother, claiming, "I honestly feel like I'm the type of person that if I had a child, I think a lot of other things would fall short in my life, because I would be so hyper-focused on that, and I feel some people just have a child because they think it's time."
Although there has been some acceptance towards the unconventional woman, can she really have it easy? For this video, I decided to ask a handful of people about their opinions on the matter. How must it really feel to be this female and how do people truly view her? I asked these interviewees about the pros and cons of marriage and children, as well as how what they hope for in their personal lives. Not only did I interview young women around my age, but I also decided to interview a young male, three married mothers, including my own, and a single mother who's raising her eight year old son on her own. Overall, these people approved of personal choices made by unconventional female, even if they didn't necessarily want it for themselves. They concluded how one has to put a lot of thought into what they desire for themselves, and marriage and children will not always be the answer.