Meditations LXVIII – On Mothers

the source of all that is

"God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers."

– Rudyard Kipling (attributed)

I will just straight out say it, one of the worst impacts of modern feminism has been to convince many women that their greatest value lies in their economic productivity and external “success”. It is convincing them that they should be much more than “just a mother”.

Just a mother.

There is no just a mother. Motherhood is the single most important job anyone could ever do. Every single person alive on this planet came from a mother. Without them, there is no humanity.

So, am I saying that women should not work at all and every single one should be a stay-at-home “Trad Wife”?

No. Obviously not.

The world has changed. Our society, culture, and economy look very different to the one of the previous century. There is no going back even if we wanted to. But feminism and our modern hustle culture has too often denigrated motherhood instead of celebrating it. Women are not men and should not be trying to be so when they can be so much more.

Any woman who thinks herself equal to a man is doing herself a disservice.

I could write reams of caveats in attempt to dispel any notion that I am some bigoted “Red Pill” misogynist that wants women to exist purely to serve men. But I won’t. If you’ve got this far without falling into apoplectic rage from which there can be no saving you, I think it fair to assume you are not thinking that of me anyway. It is a sad indication of our times that one is tempted to try and pre-emptively defend from such charges simply for saying that mothers are pretty fucking important.

Convincing women that serving a family that loves and cherishes them is oppression, whilst serving a corporation that seeks only to profit from them is somehow empowerment, is one hell of trick. Part of that comes from us misapprehending what “service” actually means. Acts of service, voluntarily undertaken in the same of something or someone you love, are not slavery or oppression. They are the source of our deepest meaning and purpose. And I would hope that anyone, man or woman, blessed with a family of their own, would love and cherish them far more than any job or career.

In summary, mums are great. They're really important, and we should be celebrating them and uplifting them. You are never just a mother.

So, to any mothers reading this, go you. We need you. Humanity needs you.