Kim Cattrall finds the term ‘childless’ offensive and considers herself a

A quick look at some of the comments generated by the interview shows that many actual parents take umbrage with Cattrall for calling herself a parent while not taking on the full-time, lifelong, sometimes not-so-pleasant responsibilities (like changing diapers) of raising a child. More than half of respondents said they weren’t entirely satisfied with the amount of sex they now have, and a whopping 75% told Kindara they’d like to fool around in some capacity more than three times a week.

“There is a way to become a mother in this day and age that does not involve your name being on a child’s birth certificate. You can express that maternal side very clearly, very strongly”, she said. “It feels very satisfying”.

“I’m a parent, I have young actors and actresses that I mentor”.

We live in a world in which parenthood is fetishised as the pinnacle – the very meaning – of life, and the only true route to happiness.

If Kim had said something to the effect of, “I’m not a mother, but I’m a mentor, and I find great satisfaction in nurturing that way”, I’d completely understand, but the truth is I see the two roles as very different.

She conceded that motherhood was something she “didn’t know if she wanted that much” before adding that she also considered herself ‘romantically retired’.

Cattrall, 59, whose acting career began as soon as she graduated high school in 1972, has had a seasoned career in Hollywood for more than four decades.

“It sounds like you’re less because you haven’t had a child”, Cattrall said.

When the Sex and the City star spoke on BBC 4’s Woman’s Hour, she said she isn’t a fan of the word “childless”.

On the subject of a child-free life, Cattrall was gracious in her frustration at the use of the term “childlessness” implying a lack of something that should be there.

I didn’t change nappies, which is okay with me, however I did assist my niece get by means of medical faculty.

“I really believe – and my generation were not told this – you can’t have everything”.

I’ve seen, first-hand, in my work with aged people who having youngsters is not any insurance coverage towards loneliness in previous age – and I do know, from all the youngsters I really like in my life, that you simply need not have one among your personal to have the ability to mom others.

‘And you go to your doctor and she says to you: “Well yes, we can do this, but you start to become a bit of a science experiment here, because we have to find out how you can stay pregnant”. She can be maternal, loving, supportive, and attentive, but there’s a profound difference between being there when you want and being there because another person’s life depends on it.