Sayuri's Mother’s Sharp Remark: "Forcing Pregnancy on Unwanted Men is Sexual Violence"

[Image source = Screenshot from YouTube channel SayuriTV]

[Asia Economy Reporter Choi Eun-young] Sayuri Fujita, a Japanese-born broadcaster, revealed the reason why she decided to become a voluntary single mother.

On the 27th, Sayuri uploaded a video titled "Sayuri's Choice and Reason After Much Deliberation" on her YouTube channel.

Starting with "I made this video with questions you might be curious about," she answered the question "Why did you choose to be a single mom?" by saying, "My mother told me that demanding a baby from a man who doesn't want one is like committing sexual violence."

She confessed, "There was someone I truly loved in the past, but we broke up repeatedly. I wanted to get married quickly and have a child, but he said no. My mother told me, 'Forcing a man who doesn't want a baby is the same as sexual violence.' Hearing that made me sad, but I had no choice but to accept it."

She also shared, "From the age of 37 until now, I tried to preserve my eggs 3 to 4 times, but I couldn't collect many. Because the numbers were poor, even when trying to extract eggs, many died during the process." She continued, "Then at 41, my period stopped properly. When I went to the obstetrics and gynecology clinic for a checkup, I was told my uterus age was already 48, and I felt hopeless."

She added, "At that moment, I thought: Should I immediately meet someone and marry a person I don't like and do IVF, or should I give up on having a child? There were only these two options. It seemed difficult to meet someone I liked right away, and by nature, I was afraid of having a child with someone I didn't love. So I decided to have and raise a child alone."

[Image source = Screenshot from YouTube channel Sayuri TV]

When asked, "What was your biggest concern during pregnancy?" she replied, "Because of advanced maternal age, I was worried about gestational diabetes." She added, "So I took good care of my body. I took Pilates classes 3 to 4 times a week and did strength training once a week."

Sayuri also shared her parents' reactions to her childbirth. She said, "I didn't tell even my closest people about the pregnancy. I told my father after five months of pregnancy, but I told my mother first." She continued, "My mother wrote a letter to my father, but he didn't react much after reading it. When my mother asked him, he said, 'It doesn't matter,' 'I don't care.' It meant, 'As long as Sayuri is okay, I don't care,' 'If she's happy, nothing else matters.' I was grateful for that."

[Image source = Screenshot from YouTube channel Sayuri TV]

Finally, when asked, "How do you feel about the possibility of being criticized?" Sayuri responded, "I think being criticized is natural." She added, "Actually, having a child with someone you love is the greatest happiness. I couldn't make that choice, so I am doing this, but if you really think about the child, having a father and giving birth to a child with someone you love is best. I understand that feeling."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.