Yes, caring about children is built into our nature. Caring about women apparently isn't...
The children are valued by people who want children. They are not valued in the place they come from, nor are their mothers valued at all. Or, at least, they are only valued insofar as they can be used to fulfill our desires - for children, in the adoption business, or for sex, in the sex trafficking business.
I first read that part of Tepper's book as "look, this is what is going to happen unless we fix things". Now I read it more as "look, this is how our world already functions, except you won't be able to see it unless it is couched in terms of a future dystopia".
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The children are valued by people who want children. They are not valued in the place they come from, nor are their mothers valued at all. Or, at least, they are only valued insofar as they can be used to fulfill our desires - for children, in the adoption business, or for sex, in the sex trafficking business.
I first read that part of Tepper's book as "look, this is what is going to happen unless we fix things". Now I read it more as "look, this is how our world already functions, except you won't be able to see it unless it is couched in terms of a future dystopia".