Why do women need a valid reason to justify what society deems “imperfections”, and why is the ONLY valid reason is literally growing a human being – ergo being selfless? Why is it a mom tum? Why do we identify stretchmarks and larger bellies with postpartum? Why does every non-mother get the stamp of selfish, lazy, disgusting, overeater, let herself go?
“BUT I JUST HAD A BABY” should never be a defense, because nobody besides medical professionals should have the right to label anyone elses body flawed, not even in the hypocritical name of “health”. Mothers on non-mothers, I’m sorry about the society that constantly overlooks smaller frames and smoother and tighter skin just to make you a target without any context.
