A questioner asks Acharya Prashant about her cousin, who already has one child and is planning a second, despite India's growing population. The cousin's reasoning is that she is turning thirty and wants two children, rejecting adoption with the sentiment that "one's own child is one's own." The questioner asks in which direction society is heading. Acharya Prashant humorously replies that they are heading towards the maternity ward. He explains that when people have nothing else to do in life, they resort to this. He then addresses the accusation that as a man, he shouldn't speak on women's issues, clarifying that he is a human being, and women are also human beings. While he cannot enter a woman's mind, as a human, he can experience and understand the feelings and life of another human. He says that women have been put under a great delusion, repeatedly told that having a child is a very important thing. He states that he is not just looking at the national issue of overpopulation but at the individual woman. Every woman is a complete entity, an individual person, and he is speaking to that person. He questions what a woman truly gains from this, urging her to think with her own intelligence instead of just following what society, culture, or her husband dictates. He describes how pregnancy halts a woman's normal activities, her career, and makes her life entirely body-centric, which he calls a form of hell. He compares this state to that of a sick person who is constantly forced to focus on their body. The husband's life, however, continues with career progression and travel, while the woman's wings are clipped. The constant demands of a child—crying, feeding, changing diapers—completely occupy the mother's mind with the body, both hers and the child's. He argues that the glorification of motherhood is a way to compensate for the woman's suffering and suppression. Acharya Prashant connects this issue to dowry and female foeticide, explaining that when women are made economically unproductive by being confined to home and childcare, they are perceived as a burden. He further links the institution of family to consumption-based capitalism, where having a family increases consumption. He concludes by stating that spirituality is essential to break free from the two dominant forces: the body and social culture. Without spirituality, one remains trapped by these influences.