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We've got it ladies and gentlemen. The secret to halting population decline in the developed world is banning condoms.
by magicsmoke 5y ago
We've got it ladies and gentlemen. The secret to halting population decline in the developed world is banning condoms.
- shkkmo 5y agoI don't feel like the effect of contraception on population growth is a secret... The second order effects get a bit complicated though...
- magicsmoke 5y agoIt's reductive to say that developed countries aren't having kids because of condom availability, while ignoring all the underlying social factors that don't go away even if condoms weren't available. In developing countries, more likely than not. But there's also the factors that make people choose to use condoms when they become available. Condom availability has no effect without the whole marketing/education/social pressure around why people should use condoms.
- shkkmo 5y ago> It's reductive to say that developed countries aren't having kids because of condom availability, while ignoring all the underlying social factors that don't go away even if condoms weren't available. I didn't say that. Many, many other things affect the reproductive rate. However the availability of contraception (and other tools for family planning) has a significant and obvious impact on the size of those effects.
- watwut 5y agoEducation about familly planning and availability of contraception do in fact influence fertility in developing countries. Also, spcifically education for women does a lot too. As in, when people are able to reliably plan children, they have less of them.
- Qwertious 5y agoAlso banning sex-ed. Do that and unintended pregnancies (and by extension abortions, BTW) will skyrocket.