--- title: Jennifer Aniston: People Call Me 'Selfish' For Not Being a Mom description: And correctly defines "feminism" canonical: https://time.com/3634925/jennifer-aniston-mothering-feminism-allure/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-15T22:57:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:56:28.816Z og:title: Jennifer Aniston: People Call Me 'Selfish' For Not Being a Mom og:description: And correctly defines "feminism" og:url: https://time.com/3634925/jennifer-aniston-mothering-feminism-allure/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cbbc34064d3c50a/69876ef8f887dc9823e8909f/180588974.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2157 og:image:height: 1213 og:image:alt: "Life Of Crime" Premiere - Arrivals - 2013 Toronto International Film Festival og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jennifer Aniston: People Call Me 'Selfish' For Not Being a Mom twitter:description: And correctly defines "feminism" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cbbc34064d3c50a/69876ef8f887dc9823e8909f/180588974.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Jennifer Aniston: People Call Me 'Selfish' For Not Being a Mom > Sponsored content. 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Countess—WireImage  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Dec 15, 2014 10:57 PM UTC Even after years of the prying questions and condescending sympathy, it still bothers Jennifer Aniston when people ask her why she’s not a mom. “I don’t like \[the pressure\] that people put on me, on women—that you’ve failed yourself as a female because you haven’t procreated,” she told [Allure](http://www.allure.com/celebrity-trends/cover-shoot/2015/jennifer-aniston-interview#slide=3) for their January issue. “I don’t think it’s fair. You may not have a child come out of your vagina, but that doesn’t mean you aren’t mothering—dogs, friends, friends’ children.” The actress, who has gotten critical praise for her role in the upcoming film [_Cake_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3442006/), explained that she finds the incessant commentary about her maternal status hurtful. “This continually is said about me: that I was so career-driven and focused on myself; that I don’t want to be a mother, and how selfish that is…Even saying it gets me a little tight in my throat.” Aniston also seemed well-prepared to answer the now-omnipresent questions about feminism–and why it’s such a complicated issue. “Because people overcomplicate it,” she said. “It’s simply believing in equality between men and women. Pretty basic.” \[[Allure](http://www.allure.com/celebrity-trends/cover-shoot/2015/jennifer-aniston-interview#slide=3)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3634925/jennifer-aniston-mothering-feminism-allure/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3634925/jennifer-aniston-mothering-feminism-allure/"},"headline":"Jennifer Aniston: People Call Me 'Selfish' For Not Being a Mom","datePublished":"2014-12-15T22:57:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:56:28.816Z","description":"And correctly defines \"feminism\"","url":"https://time.com/3634925/jennifer-aniston-mothering-feminism-allure/","keywords":["Living","feminism","Parenting","Marriage","Divorce","motherhood","Friends","jennifer aniston"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cbbc34064d3c50a/69876ef8f887dc9823e8909f/180588974.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2cbbc34064d3c50a/69876ef8f887dc9823e8909f/180588974.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Life Of Crime\" Premiere - Arrivals - 2013 Toronto International Film Festival","caption":"\"Life Of Crime\" Premiere - Arrivals - 2013 Toronto International Film Festival","creditText":"J. 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