Christina Aguilera Talks Concerning the Unfair Expectations Placed on Moms
Again within the day, when Christina Aguilera was singing concerning the joys of getting just a little dirrty, she wasn’t speaking about altering diapers. However as you will learn within the March concern of Ladies’s Well being, having two youngsters since then hasn’t turned the Voice choose right into a Pollyanna. She’s nonetheless as daring as ever, calling out the unfair expectations positioned on girls—particularly mothers—and providing some encouragement to all of us who would possibly really feel like we’re biting off greater than we are able to chew.
“Moms are always anticipated to be the nurturers, the givers, the suppliers of a snug dwelling,” she informed WH. “We’re anticipated to be pregnant, have the children, breastfeed as soon as we now have the infants. And we’re anticipated to look superb after child, proper?”
From our aspect of city, Xtina positively does look superb post-baby, however her level that it is anticipated is one many ladies can relate to. And her justifiable grievances did not finish there: “[We’re expected to] preserve our husbands and boyfriends —as a result of we’re speculated to get again to attractive and preserve issues thrilling within the bed room. There’s such an extended record.”
On the finish of the day, in fact, she would not commerce motherhood in for something. “Having youngsters is the last word pleasure, and I really like my youngsters, however girls have to seek out time to nurture themselves. If somebody has a child, the very first thing I’m like is, ‘Okay, are you taking good care of you?’”
And that is why we have at all times needed Xtina for a BFF.
Hear her recommendation to all girls in our unique behind-the-scenes video from the duvet shoot!
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For extra knowledge and basic awesomeness from Christina, plus her yoga exercise, choose up the March concern of Ladies’s Well being, on newstands Feb. 9.
