Over 7 in 10 Seoul residents believe having children is 'onerous task for women'

Can confirm: being pregnant for 9.9 months then giving birth are Herculean tasks that destroy the body, mind and soul. While bloody and in pain, not able to pee, poop or walk, you have to care for an infant who wakes up to breastfeed for an hour, every 2.5 hours, for months.

Hercules couldn’t handle it. No man could.

I’m glad S Korean people are admitting the truth. The whole world needs to give women WAY more credit for birthing children.

Ps I love my three kids. But holy sh*t birth is a nightmare

It's literally called going into "labor."

It seems like people are seeing the weight of children much more clearly than the party line of “children are always a blessing and only a blessing”. Hopefully (although I’m not that hopeful) it results in better conditions for those who choose motherhood.

I nearly went insane. I had postpartum depression for years. I guess it tapered to major depression. While in the throes of postpartum depression, I was pressured to self harm several times a day, in addition there were thoughts I could not control and went to my parents for help. I tried the hospital first but they were useless and my parents could not understand. When I finally told my daughter's father I was going to jump off the balcony, he took off work and stayed with me but he could only do this for one day. With everyone working to maintain their lives (no judgment here) who is there for a woman who has just delivered? I mean you need a team for at least 6 months.

And, yep my clitoris!!! burned like all hell when I urinated for about 2-3 weeks. I literally had to run a tub of water to void into while pressing a towel on my clitoris to curb some of the pain. My engorged breasts were painful for days until the milk finally "came down". There are pains that only women will ever have and only when you are in that stage as a woman, will you be able to understand. A woman who has never given birth cannot fathom the engorged breast pain - sitting up from lying down, or from simply moving... or the way a baby suckles is nothing like the way a man engages with a woman's breasts, the pain of breast feeding, is just awful. Feeling stitches from your vaginal area to your anus and being so sore that walking is a chore....

I was young enough to have another set of children when mine became adults...and can you believe women would excitedly asked me if I was going to have more children? Some women are so brainwashed...that was only a phase of my life and not my whole life. Now that I had my freedom and my person hood, I ran with it and haven't looked back.