“My value as a woman is not measured by motherhood,” says Jennifer Aniston

When is she getting married? Will she have children? Is she pregnant now? Those are the sort of questions that have followed Jennifer Aniston throughout her career.

MailOnlie reports;

Jennifer Aniston’s lack of children has long been a topic of conversation in tabloids, and now the star has finally opened up about how all the talk makes her feel.

In a candid conversation with Carson Daly on the Today show, the 45-year-old actress revealed: ‘I don’t have this sort of checklist of things that have to be done, and … if they’re not checked, then I’ve failed some part of my feminism or my being a woman or my worth and my value as a woman.’

She added that she doesn’t feel any less fulfilled just because she hasn’t had children. ‘I’ve birthed a lot of things and I feel like I’ve mothered many things. And I don’t think it’s fair to put that pressure on people,’ she said.

The star – who is engaged to her actor-director beau Justin Theroux – goes on to say that she has ‘no idea’ why strangers are so interested in the fact that she doesn’t have children.

‘It’s always such an issue of, like, “Are you married yet? Have you had babies yet?” And it’s just constant.’

When Carson asks why she thinks strangers seem to care so much about that aspect of her life, she shakes her head in bewilderment and says: ‘If you have an answer for that, please let me know.’

Still, there are certain advantages to being able to reflect on her life and how she has changed through film.

‘I feel like I’ve grown up three times,’ she said. ‘I’ve had an incredible evolution. I keep seeing all these little lifetimes that I’ve lived and they’re all so wonderful.’

The former Friends star added: ‘All of the fears that I’ve overcome, challenges that you face that you think, “There’s no way that I’m going to be able to get through this,” and then, by the grace of God you have that strength in you and you get through it.

‘I feel very grateful to my evolution and my history and all involved. I would never exchange it for anything.’

Do you think it is fair to measure a woman’s worth by the number of kids she has or doesn’t have?

 

Source: dailymail.uk