The senator of Brothers of Italy Lavinia Mennuni spoke this way at Coffee Break on La 7 about the demographic decline in Italy: «I think it's right what my mom used to tell me ‘remember that whatever aspiration you have you can do what you want but don't forget that the first one must be to become a mother, we must make sure that being mothers can become cool for today's eighteen-year-olds».
Pd, reactions from Valente to D'Elia
A message that sparked reactions from the center-left and particularly from the Pd. «There is no freedom and respect for women in the idea that motherhood is their destiny - wrote Pd senator Cecilia D'Elia on X -. Only trite ideology, which is not accompanied by any policy that supports the life projects of girls and the possible choices of motherhood».
And again: «Today at Coffee Break Senator Lavinia Menunni said that we should remind our 18-year-old daughters that the highest aspiration for a woman is to have children. With all due respect for those who make this type of choice, we believe that the highest aspiration for a girl should be to freely choose what to do with her own life, whether and how to achieve herself, whether and how to enter into a relationship, whether and how to eventually become a mother - said Pd senator Valeria Valente-. At 18 years old, an aspiration is certainly to study and build a solid future of independence and economic autonomy. I don't think Mennuni would give the same advice to a male child. Should it become cool to have children again? Women have children if they have a satisfying occupation, a partner or a husband willing to share family burdens, efficient welfare that offers nurseries and full-time schools. The truth is that instead of working with these goals, the majority and the Meloni government continue to believe that the low birth rate is a personal problem of Italian girls and women, when it is a deep social issue. The social value of motherhood must be recognized. Italy must become a country with a mature gender democracy, while with this right the patriarchal family model always reappears, which moreover not even the same political exponents practice».
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