“Having children” has mostly become the first priority of a couple to get 
married in Indonesia. I am not really sure though whether they really love 
children or just to fulfill society’s norm to be considered happy and “normal”. 
In her book SI PARASIT LAJANG, Ayu Utami mentioned three most coveted things in 
Indonesia: getting married, having a job and having children. These three 
things have become society’s norm so that people will easily feel miserable 
when they don’t have one of them.

To read the complete article of mine, please proceed to the following site:

http://afeministblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/children.html

Thanks a bunch.

Have a nice weekend everybody.
Nana


Minds are like parachutes, they only function when they are open. 
  (Sir James Dewar)
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THANK YOU
Best regards,
Nana


       
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