Screeching about low birthrates is a stalking horse for stripping women of their rights. That's why all the well-meaning liberal solutions — better childcare, better healthcare, and especially men doing their fair share — fall on deaf ears.
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Osita Nwanevu
There has never been and never will be a birthrate induced shortage of human beings on this planet. There are many reasons one might want children, as I do. It is simply not the case that anyone in particular has a responsibility to consider having children to perpetuate the existence of humanity.
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But, hey, throw misogyny and patriarchy back in the mix and voila! Barefoot and pregnant you must become, bitch.
And a way to control women?
Just a thought— if our policies and culture was kinder and more supportive of families, maybe more people of all colors and beliefs would want to have children here.