Mother’s Day in Germany is a reminder that motherhood is a battle that’s not for me | Carolin Würfel

In 1989 , just before the fall of the Berlin Wall , 91% of all working-age women in the GDR were either employed or in training or higher education.

In West Germany , only 51% of women worked, and most of them were part-time.

East German women who love to work and were raised with a firm hand have an especially tough time coming to terms with motherhood.

Carolin Würf is a writer and screenwriter who lives in Berlin and Istanbul .

She is the author of Three Women of Socialism .

She says motherhood is a battle between the child and the woman who longs for autonomy.

The expectations placed on women are sky-high. The expectations of men, when it comes to fatherhood?.