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I have a different pet theory. I think people, women in particular, don't want to have kids as much as was believed by any kind of biological drive. People want
by jemmyw 2y ago
I have a different pet theory. I think people, women in particular, don't want to have kids as much as was believed by any kind of biological drive. People want sex of course. So once the choice is there to not have kids, a lot more people will avoid having them. My parents generation could make that choice, but there was quite a lot of social pressure to start a family. As that social pressure has eased, people are making different choices. I think the arguments made about economic factors by people putting it off are actually just a rationalisation to explain away why they aren't conforming to expectations.
This would also explain why people who do have kids aren't really having much trouble with it, they just want them, or still fell for social pressure. Or were careless.
- abdullahkhalids 2y agoThat's a cultural explanation. You are saying that across a wide variety of countries, cultures are all evolving in the same direction. Even isolated North Korea is now below replacement [1]. Well, if different cultures are evolving in the same direction, then there must be another underlying explanation. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_North_Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_North_Korea
- jemmyw 2y agoYes! It's not just a cultural explanation, it's the idea that the medical situation of being able to choose is the driver, cultural change is the follower. So it can affect different cultures, even partially cut off ones.