Reminder From Pia Wurtzbach: A Woman's Worth Is Not Measured By Her Bearing Children
Miss Universe 2015 is tired of being asked the same question.
(SPOT.ph) It hasn't been a year since Pia Wurtzbach and Jeremy Jauncey wed but it looks like the Miss Universe 2015 has already been asked a specific question one too many times. In an interview with Emirati entrepreneur Anas Bukhash uploaded to their YouTube channel on August 2, Wurtzbach spoke up about the unfairness of a woman's worth being equated to her having children, showing support for those who choose not to.
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Pia Wurtzbach tired of being asked the same question about children
The topic came up after Bukhash asked her whether they wanted kids, to which she replied that they did, just not now. "Yes! I do want to have children one day. Not now! Not at this point in my career and in my life. And Jeremy is also fine with that, but in the future, we would love to have a family."
Wurtzbach also thanked the entrepreneur for framing the question as an "If" and not a "When." "Thanks for asking because you know, people just ask me, 'When are you going to have kids?' After I got married, I just keep hearing that question everywhere," she said. "Before getting married, it was like 'When are you going to get married?' and then now that we're married 'When is the baby?'".
It was clear that she had gotten tired of this question. Just in June, she took to her Instagram stories to address all of her followers asking about a baby. "Honestly I find these questions so personal. I wonder why this is considered a normal thing to ask though?" she wrote.
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Pia Wurtzbach speaks up for women who choose not to have kids
In the more recent interview, she explained her thoughts behind why the question was unfair. "As an empowered woman, if you will, I think you're worth as a woman is not measured by you being able to bear a child. Like there is really so many more things to a woman than just bearing a children," continued the queen.
"Some women do not want to have kids, some women want to be amazing at their careers. They want to put all their effort in that, maybe they want to take care of their parents all their lives, maybe they want to commit their life in social work. Maybe they just have different plans, but that doesn't mean that a woman is less valuable or less capable."
"I really want to stand up for women who choose not to have kids. I respect that, I salute that," she said.
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