[ SECRET POST #4424 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4424 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

"But how often is the character in question ~actually~ childfree"

You could argue that's unrealistic there already though, isn't it?

[(Anonymous)]

But the point is most female characters aren't established to be childfree or not, because they don't have kids. Especially female characters in the sort of series that there are fandoms for, they rarely have kids. You wouldn't know if they are childfree or not unless the issue came up, and it rarely does.

[(Anonymous)]

OP's secret is only about childfree characters that change their mind (not characters that don't say either way then turn out to have children), so I don't know what non-childfree characters have to do with it.

Lots of starts-out-childfree characters do exist, most of them falling into the 'independent woman don't need no man or family and/or is focused on career' trope. It's often used TO reinforce that the woman is 'independent' (problematic in itself, in a way)

[(Anonymous)]

New to this thread, but I wouldn't consider a character to be childfree unless they actually say they don't want kids. Not needing a man or being career-focused isn't the same as not wanting kids. It's easy to become career-focused when you don't have a whole lot else going on (though it helps to find the work enjoyable and/or fulfilling). That doesn't mean the person doesn't want anything else, ever. Shows that take place in a workplace naturally focus on the characters' working lives, as well. I also wouldn't consider a character being ambivalent about kids to be childfree, either.

[(Anonymous)]

What about openly disliking or hating kids?