NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n “The View”<\/a> co-host Sara Haines said Wednesday that criticism of her earlier comments on marriage and motherhood had been “misconstrued,” responding to backlash tied to remarks made by Isabel Brown encouraging Gen Z women to prioritize marriage and having children.<\/p>\n “My ultimate beef with this is that it wraps a woman\u2019s worth up in her ovaries,” Haines said on the “Behind the Table” podcast<\/a>. “Marriage, children, it\u2019s a choice \u2026 The world has over 8 billion people. We no longer need to force people to procreate and pump out babies. We have arrived here.”<\/p>\n The discussion came after the segment on the daytime talk show drew criticism online, particularly from Brown, who argued Haines\u2019 remarks dismissed traditional family values<\/a>.<\/p>\n FCC LAUNCHING PROBE INTO ABC’S \u2018THE VIEW\u2019 AMID CRACKDOWN ON EQUAL TIME FOR CANDIDATES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Sara Haines on “The View” on Wednesday, March 29, 2023.<\/span> (Lou Rocco\/ABC)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Haines said her intent was not to discourage marriage or motherhood<\/a>, but to address what she described as societal pressure placed on women.<\/p>\n “My issue was with the greater message,” Haines said. “I love babies. I love being married. I love all those things. But there’s so much pressure in this world on women to define themselves by if they’re married and if they have babies.”<\/p>\n She said her perspective was informed by her own life experiences and those of women around her.<\/p>\n “My take comes from a place of empathy and life lived,” Haines said. “Knowing so many women, having been single, like dating for years and not knowing if I was going to find my person to get married.”<\/p>\n Haines said she believed the expectation that women can easily marry and have children does not reflect reality for many.<\/p>\n “They make it sound like this easy choice. Get married, have kids,” she said. “There are so many amazing women I know that aren’t meeting people.”<\/p>\n \u2018THE VIEW\u2019 GUEST HOST CALLS ON DEMS TO STOP OBSESSING OVER TRUMP, PROMOTE BETTER FUTURE INSTEAD<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Happy pregnant young woman touching her pregnant belly and standing by the window.<\/span> (iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n She also pointed to challenges surrounding fertility and alternative paths to parenthood.<\/p>\n “So many people I know have struggled for some reason having babies,” Haines said. “Whether it was fertility \u2014 I\u2019m friends with a lot of gay couples that have had to fight non-traditional surrogates, all these things.”<\/p>\n Haines said conversations about women frequently center on marital status and children.<\/p>\n “We ask women all the time about marriage and kids and that seems to be all they’re worth,” she said.<\/p>\n “The beauty of progress in time is that we don’t have to put that on people’s shoulders \u2026 You do what you can and what you want because you have a life beyond that.”<\/p>\n Haines said she believed her comments had been taken out of context by some conservative figures.<\/p>\n “I refuse to read it because right when I saw some of the headlines, I thought, here we go again,” Haines replied.<\/p>\n![\"Pregnant](\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1200\/675\/pregnant-woman.jpg?ve=1&tl=1\")
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