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Why are we so confident that women are the reason there are fewer children? In my circle nearly every woman has frozen or is freezing her eggs, surely that show
by angmarsbane 2y ago
Why are we so confident that women are the reason there are fewer children? In my circle nearly every woman has frozen or is freezing her eggs, surely that shows a desire to have children?
- MattGaiser 2y agoI’ve heard this. https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/11/why-a-shortage-of-mr-rights-means-single-mothers-hold-the-key-to-the-falling-birthrate https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/11/why-a-... Basically they want kids, but don’t want the available people to have them with.
- tuatoru 2y agoThey want the option to have kids, at some yet-to-be-determined later time. It's St. Augustine: "please, God, make me good, but not just yet". I want kids, but not now. They have also been sold the idea that having children by this method has a high success rate, when in reality it's of the order of one-third.
- ashwagary 2y agoIf I'm not mistaken, there have been 60+ million aborted preganancies in the US since the mid-70s. Pretty strong data supports the claim you are questioning, it's also probably the reason for recent successful attacks on abortion rights.