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As a feminist, I believe that it's a woman's choice what she does with her life and her body. That includes being a mother and/or wife. What scares me is the sheer amount of women in my own generation who seem to be unintentionally becoming one or both of those things. I can't even count on my hands anymore the number of girls, under 20, who I know that are either having or have already had children, or are married. Again, there's nothing wrong with that if that's what they want, but am I the only one who finds that sad? Our grandmothers and mothers worked hard to give us freedoms and choices as women, so that we could go to school, do something positive with our lives, then have families if we choose. Since when was teen pregnancy the new black? I'm not saying you shouldn't be kind or helpful to teen moms, or that what they did is inherently wrong, but it seems like the media has been giving a lot of negative attention to this issue. Shows like "Teen Mom" and "16 and Pregnant" are wildly popular shows for young women today. Other shows like "Secret Life of the American Teenager" don't correctly represent teenage pregnancies. I definitely don't think they are intentionally making matters worse, but they definitely aren't helping either. Girls see the young women in these types of shows and idolize them. It's as if the television is saying, "Hey, it's sometimes okay to get pregnant and married as a teen," and that's not really cool.
Women who don't receive a secondary education are vulnerable; they often can't afford to take care of themselves or raise children by themselves. I was talking to a woman recently about her divorce and struggle with raising three kids on her own. She said, "I was devastated when my husband left, but thank God I had a degree to fall back on. I wasn't about to give up on myself or my kids, and it was education that saved me. I could afford at least the bare minimums and make sure we were sheltered, fed, and happy." What are the women that are getting married right out of high school going to do if they end up alone and uneducated? Even worse, what do they do if they had children in their marriage? That's such a horrible situation to put yourself in, yet so many women are finding themselves in it at an early age.
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