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October 16, 2012 | 18 notes

The very phrase “yummy mummy” leaks bile, marking mothers on their fuckability and almost always sneeringly deployed; it judges and dismisses women while expecting them to be grateful. Milf seems refreshingly direct in comparison.

Perhaps, though, for all the contempt it conveys, it captures a real social phenomenon that some find genuinely threatening. Mothers, in ever-greater numbers, are demanding more space, in all senses. The age-old choice between domestic and professional is being rejected; maybe it’s time we were allowed to do both. Maybe we can take the cash that we earned in a well-paid job and spend it on lattes during our maternity leave. Maybe we can have loud conversations about childbirth in public places. Maybe we can express opinions about politics, technology or art while wiping someone’s nose, and expect to be taken seriously.

Rowan Davies: What is people’s problem with yummy mummies?

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