Used book – The Woman Without, M. Chapsal

"I am a childless woman – that is, a woman without children. For a long time, I didn't suffer from it, at least not because of others: after all, up to a certain age, one can still reproduce. But, when the reality of my sterility was proven, the slow, insidious, inflexible repudiation began. From men, first of all, who, for the most part, want descendants and above all consider "the mother of their children." From brothers and sisters, who try to disinherit you and sometimes succeed, since you are incapable of passing on to those of your blood. Yet the childless woman is essential to a society. She has a role, a function: she manages, educates, informs, she is the confidante of couples and especially of children. And she creates: our greatest artists were and often are childless women. To continue to persecute or reject her as in ancient times is a form of primary anti-feminism and goes against the happiness of all. This book is the story of my life and that of many others who often suffer as I do."