There is a strong view in Nigeria, as in many other cultures, that a marriage is not complete without children. I don’t agree; I’m wary of the idea that people have to have some particular functionality in order to be full members of society. I think it’s a very dangerous idea. Humans are humans and they are worthy of respect…

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There is a strong view in Nigeria, as in many other cultures, that a marriage is not complete without children. I don’t agree; I’m wary of the idea that people have to have some particular functionality in order to be full members of society. I think it’s a very dangerous idea. Humans are humans and they are worthy of respect…" in the context of "On her views of marriage and children in “Ayòbámi Adébáyò: ‘We should decide for ourselves what happiness looks like’” in The Guardian (2017 Feb 26)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.