If you haven't seen the latest Beyaz birth control commercial, here's a summary. Four very chic women walk into the proverbial department store of life. There they spend the next few minutes browsing over all the things the
Maybe I'm only perturbed by this because I am a mother, but I find the insinuation here to be completely insulting. Throughout the commercial we are told that with this birth control you have *choices*, as if to say "You don't have to be doomed to a depressing life of motherhood! Don't you know that if you allow yourself to become a mother you will instantly also become uneducated, miserable, poor, alone, and in all other ways imprisoned?"
It's amazing to me how the world has turned such an awesome thing into an inferior burden. Not that long ago the idea of a mother staying home taking care of her children was the norm. Not so these days. No, these days to even suggest such a thing to some women is an insulting smack in the face. When did raising children become déclassé? I, personally, don't think there is any job in existence more important than that of raising of a human being. Do children come with responsibility? Of course they do, everyone knows that. But being a mother, having children, is not the end of life. It is the beginning of a new life, though. It gives you an entirely new perspective, new priorities, new principles - and honestly, I don't think that's a bad thing. Becoming a mother expands your bounds of compassion and sympathy, it causes you to see what really matters in life, and it shows you who your true friends are. But that's not really the way the world works, is it? Because in this world we are driven by a selfish mentality, thanks in part to the messages we are bombarded with on a daily basis.
As for me? Becoming a mother has, without a shadow of a doubt, made me a better person. So thanks anyways Beyaz, but you can keep it.
Nope, you're not the only one. That commercial makes me want to vomit!;)
ReplyDeleteGreat post!:)