Huffington Postのインスタグラム(huffpost) - 7月4日 06時16分

When it comes to perception of child-free women, we’ve got a long way to go. The expectation to bring kids into the world is still so strong that a 2016 study found that voluntarily child-free people inspired “significantly greater moral outrage” than those with two children.

Those who are child-free may be stigmatized but overall, they’re happier. Research suggests that parents in the U.S. face the largest “happiness gap” compared to people without children, a disparity that is largely attributed to the country’s lack of family-friendly social policies like subsidized child care, paid vacation and sick leave.

Ali Ha, a 45-year-old child-free artist, spent her reproductive years trying to make her art career happen and stay afloat financially. It hasn’t been easy to endure judgment from others, she said. She’s hopeful these conversations today will make it easier for younger women to make the right decisions for themselves rather than following any expected track.

To learn more about Ali Ha, visit her website http://artistaliha.com. You can also find her Antarctica collection exclusively at http://curina.co/collections/ali-ha.

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