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Most marriages result in children. Most people want to have children. It's not an unreasonable assumption to make that most people who read the article will fal
by jogjayr 9y ago
Most marriages result in children. Most people want to have children. It's not an unreasonable assumption to make that most people who read the article will fall into that camp.
- tluyben2 9y ago> Most people want to have children. How do you know? My friends who did have kids had intricate dynamics around that where 'want to have' was not really a big part of the equation. Pressure, religion, 'that is what you do', 'my spouse wants to', 'maybe now life gets better' etc are often part of the equation. For the 'want to have' you will need to look inside people's heads.
- wnissen 9y ago85% of women have children at some point in their lives. This is just a fact. You may know that you're not having kids, but the vast, vast majority of people don't make that choice.
- tluyben2 9y agoOfcourse, but he said 'want'. Want to me implies something that is not automatic. Or maybe i'm reading that wrong. And where is that 85% from? Must be per country because in some countries it must be far lower.
- true_religion 9y agoSure it's not automatic, but as you can imagine there's an extreme selective pressure towards wanting children. After all, all the people who didn't want kids, and had a choice about the matter died childless and never passed on their anti-replication genes.
- jerrylives 9y agoCool citation
- chrischen 9y agoHe's not obligated to prove anything to you. If you don't believe him you can easily look up the stat yourself.
- Dangisapussy 9y agoWhat is it like being a faggot?
- jerrylives 9y agoThey literally just made up a random number
- patch_collector 9y agoI'll source -- http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/05/07/childlessness/ http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2015/05/07/childlessness/ 15% of women ages 40-44 in the USA have never given birth, from which we can pull 85% of women ages 40-44 have given birth, as of 2014.
- wnissen 9y agoWow, I got it right to a percentage point? I didn't realize it was 40-44, so maybe it moves teensy bit with IVF past 44. Thanks a lot for the cite.
- greekyogurt21 9y agoSource = Human Civilization?
- jogjayr 9y agoTrue, I don't know what's inside people's heads. All I know is what they answer on surveys. "More than nine in 10 adults say they already have children, are planning to have children, or wish that they had had children." [1] Is it possible that most respondents were lying? Yes. Probable? No, especially given that humans are biologically wired to want children. 1. http://www.gallup.com/poll/164618/desire-children-norm.aspx http://www.gallup.com/poll/164618/desire-children-norm.aspx
- true_religion 9y ago'my spouse wants to' is exactly fitting into "most people want to have children". Your spouse is part of the marriage, hence their views within the marriage are pretty paramount.
- Sleeep 9y agoDepending on how survey questions are asked most people (>75%) express at least some interest in parenthood.