There is no "conspiracy of silence", no "denial" about the rigors of parenting. That's because the majority of parents either have or develop the emotional depth to put their children first instead of lament the loss of their former lives.

Actually, here's an article about exactly this from The Times of London:

Women who aren’t cut out for motherhood

Ever wish you’d never had children? Lucy Beresford, a psychotherapist, explains why some women lack the maternal instinct and find it impossible to bond with their babies

Women who regret having children are the silent minority. And with good reason. Maternal ambivalence is damaging for children and parent alike, therefore it is rarely articulated explicitly. Partly this is to do with society’s archetypes and our expectation of happy-ever-after relationships. In fairy stories parents love their kids unconditionally. Today there is agreement that for some women this bond can take time to kick in. However, the assumption is still that (barring ruptures to the bonding process such as traumatic birth experiences) all women will love their children and will find motherhood fulfilling and stimulating.

Leaving aside the reality that mothering is hard work, often anything but fulfilling, questionably stimulating when you’re changing the umpteenth nappy, and seriously undervalued in our money-oriented culture, what is rarely discussed is the group of women who privately regret having kids. Even for women who adore their kids, the monotony and loneliness can make some feel that their lives are diminishing. So imagine what it’s like for those who suspect they’ve made a mistake. It’s a suspicion that will blight their lives and, unwittingly, those of their children.

http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/body_and_soul/article3458713.ece

Here's a video arguing that Gloria Steinem started feminism and that she was funded by the CIA to destabilize society. The guy says a lot of things that Brightstar says, which makes me wonder if this is him. This guy has a southern accent, too, and BS lives in Austin, as far as I remember.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goEKDMXK4JU

Last post on the wapo article, I swear.

The author, Charlotte Allen, ..."is a graduate of Stanford and Harvard, where she held a Woodrow Wilson fellowship. Her articles have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Monthly, Commentary, The New Republic, City Journal, and The New York Observer. She [was] a contributing editor of Lingua Franca."

Yeah. She sure is embracing her tenderness and inner interior decorator.

And any hope that this was a scathing satire is dashed by this treasure trove of her blog posts, which prove she really is a rightwing raver:

http://www.iwf.org/authors/inkwell/7.html#listing

That WaPo editorial is a gem.

i think these are my two favorite parts:

Take Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign. By all measures, she has run one of the worst -- and, yes, stupidest -- presidential races in recent history, marred by every stereotypical flaw of the female sex. As far as I'm concerned, she has proved that she can't debate -- viz. her televised one-on-one against Obama last Tuesday, which consisted largely of complaining that she had to answer questions first and putting the audience to sleep with minutiae about her health-coverage mandate. She has whined (via her aides) like the teacher's pet in grade school that the boys are ganging up on her when she's bested by male rivals. She has wept on the campaign trail, even though everyone knows that tears are the last refuge of losers. And she is tellingly dependent on her husband.

and

The theory that women are the dumber sex -- or at least the sex that gets into more car accidents -- is amply supported by neurological and standardized-testing evidence. Men's and women's brains not only look different, but men's brains are bigger than women's (even adjusting for men's generally bigger body size). The important difference is in the parietal cortex, which is associated with space perception. Visuospatial skills, the capacity to rotate three-dimensional objects in the mind, at which men tend to excel over women, are in turn related to a capacity for abstract thinking and reasoning, the grounding for mathematics, science and philosophy. While the two sexes seem to have the same IQ on average (although even here, at least one recent study gives males a slight edge), there are proportionally more men than women at the extremes of very, very smart and very, very stupid.