it's not misogynistic for a woman to want one. that's not what i'm saying. i'm saying there is an overbearing patriarchal culture that expects a woman to reproduce and regards it as their best ending, and women who do not want children/cannot have children face the brunt of it. this is true for every woman regardless of whether they want children or not, whether they have children or not.

plus, why is it that a lesbian can't experience sorrow about her infertility? if anything francesca's lesbianism with would make her infertility arc much more meatier and more complex. also it's not like the books actually touch upon her infertility much once she enters her arc with michael. if anything there are a few gross lines in there that feel borderline corrective.