Why millennials dread motherhood

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🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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American policy failures and bad PR have made millennials dread motherhood. Vox’s Rachel Cohen and Momfluenced author Sara Petersen explain. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Since the dawn of mankind there have been generations and no generation has been
0:08.4	more disruptive than the millennials.
0:12.4	millennials killed cable TV.
0:16.0	millennials killed the 9-5.
0:19.0	millennials killed irony.
0:22.0	millennials killed
0:24.0	paper napkins really
0:28.0	millennials killed golf
0:31.0	millennials killed the mall.
0:33.0	millennials killed marriage and now millennials are killing motherhood.
0:38.0	As a millennial, I am terrified of both pregnancy as a female and bringing a child into the world that we live in.
0:48.0	Why millennials dread motherhood? Dread Motherhood.
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