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way to insert an unrelated woke issue into the conversation > until very recently how about now? Fact of the matter is even in the developed countries where w
by nsonha 5y ago
way to insert an unrelated woke issue into the conversation
> until very recently
how about now? Fact of the matter is even in the developed countries where work isn't stressful and people do have sex, birth rate is still low. So simply encouraging people to have sex isn't the solution if you want more kids. I believe that's the point they are making.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI misread the comment I replied to as stating children were a choice throughout history. But my comment does not have anything to do with woke-ness. It is simply meant to show the extremely high cost of children made explicit now that women do not have to eat that cost.
- brnt 5y agoThat had nothing to do with wokeness, it's an obvious bias in the observation. Outside of careerists circles, which is a tiny group, things are quite different. The idea that life is plannable is again an indicator of a particular background and culture, that is representative of only a fraction of humans.
- rowanG077 5y agoGetting children is 100% plannable. Even if you have no access to birth control you can still choose to not have sex. That has nothing do to with background.
- nsonha 5y ago> you can still choose to not have sex this I cannot agree with since it doesn't align with reality
- rowanG077 5y agoCan you explain how it doesn't align with reality? It's not uncommon anymore that people who are 30 years old still never had sex. For whatever reason they were capable of not having sex for ~15 years. That quite clearly says to me it is possible, some people just are willing to take the risk of having a child.
- nsonha 5y ago> For whatever reason they were capable of not having sex for ~15 years "whatever" being not in a cohabitate relationship
- nsonha 5y ago> The idea that life is plannable is again an indicator of a particular background and culture, that is representative of only a fraction of humans Again you bring up inequality while the discussion is around how to increase birth rate. You didn't even try to link inequality with birth rate. I guess it's cool to raise awareness by hijacking discussion of other issues?