Childfree across the DisciplinesRecently, childfree people have been foregrounded in mainstream media. More than seven percent of Western women choose to remain childfree and this figure is increasing. Being childfree challenges the procreation imperative residing at the center of our hetero normative understandings, occupying an uneasy position in relation tosimultaneouslytraditional academic ideologies and prevalent social norms. After all, as Adi Avivi recognizes, "if a woman is