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This article focuses solely on a mother's in total isolation. It makes total sense to me that a single mother would rather be holding a cat and not a baby in mo

This article focuses solely on a mother's in total isolation. It makes total sense to me that a single mother would rather be holding a cat and not a baby in most circumstances. Because maybe these aren't single mothers or maybe they are I don't know the article is not clear. What is known from copious amounts of research is that single motherhood despite all of the social programs designed to help it it's not a desirable situation to be in. So it becomes obvious people are opting out of having kids because they're also opting out of long-term relationships as well. You will see a decline in both of those. If society promotes families and long-term relationships you will see an increased desire to have children together.

hello_computer 2y ago
The first example, “Tanya”, has a husband. I think these are women who just don’t like children.
MisterDizzy 2y ago
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toomuchtodo 2y ago
Lots of evidence people just don't want kids, of both genders. Educated, empowered women have less kids, or no kids, and delay having kids when they do have them. Contraception availability is robust, teen pregnancies are down, the population boom was an anomaly. Fertility rates are declining because unintended (~40% annually per the Guttmacher Institute and the UN) and unwanted children rates are falling off a cliff. Maternal instinct in humans is a myth. More support for parents does not appear to increase fertility rates. Citations below. https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate#what-explains-the-declining-fertility-rate https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate#what-explains-the-... ("Our World In Data: What Explains the Declining Fertility Rate?") https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230208-the-adults-celebrating-child-free-lives https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230208-the-adults-cel... ("BBC: The adults celebrating child-free lives") https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/202102/why-so-many-single-women-without-children-are-happy https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/2... ("The Guardian: Why So Many Single Women Without Children Are Happy") https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/25/women-happier-without-children-or-a-spouse-happiness-expert https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/25/women-h... ("Women are happier without children or a spouse, says happiness expert") https://www.axios.com/2024/07/25/adults-no-children-why-pew-data https://www.axios.com/2024/07/25/adults-no-children-why-pew-... ("Axios: Why more U.S. adults are choosing not to have kids") https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/07/25/the-experiences-of-u-s-adults-who-dont-have-children/ https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/07/25/the-exp... ("Pew Research: 57% of adults under 50 who say they’re unlikely to ever have kids say a major reason is they just don’t want to; 31% of those ages 50 and older without kids cite this as a reason they never had them; 64% of young women say they just don't want children, compared to 50% of men.") https://www.ft.com/content/838eeb4e-3bff-4693-990f-ff3446cac9b2 https://www.ft.com/content/838eeb4e-3bff-4693-990f-ff3446cac... | https://archive.today/s6zUk https://archive.today/s6zUk ("Financial Times: Why family-friendly policies don’t boost birth rates")

hello_computer 2y ago

The first example, “Tanya”, has a husband. I think these are women who just don’t like children.

MisterDizzy 2y ago

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toomuchtodo 2y ago

Lots of evidence people just don't want kids, of both genders. Educated, empowered women have less kids, or no kids, and delay having kids when they do have them. Contraception availability is robust, teen pregnancies are down, the population boom was an anomaly. Fertility rates are declining because unintended (~40% annually per the Guttmacher Institute and the UN) and unwanted children rates are falling off a cliff. Maternal instinct in humans is a myth. More support for parents does not appear to increase fertility rates. Citations below. https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate#what-explains-the-declining-fertility-rate https://ourworldindata.org/fertility-rate#what-explains-the-... ("Our World In Data: What Explains the Declining Fertility Rate?") https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230208-the-adults-celebrating-child-free-lives https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20230208-the-adults-cel... ("BBC: The adults celebrating child-free lives") https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/202102/why-so-many-single-women-without-children-are-happy https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/why-bad-looks-good/2... ("The Guardian: Why So Many Single Women Without Children Are Happy") https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/25/women-happier-without-children-or-a-spouse-happiness-expert https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/25/women-h... ("Women are happier without children or a spouse, says happiness expert") https://www.axios.com/2024/07/25/adults-no-children-why-pew-data https://www.axios.com/2024/07/25/adults-no-children-why-pew-... ("Axios: Why more U.S. adults are choosing not to have kids") https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/07/25/the-experiences-of-u-s-adults-who-dont-have-children/ https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2024/07/25/the-exp... ("Pew Research: 57% of adults under 50 who say they’re unlikely to ever have kids say a major reason is they just don’t want to; 31% of those ages 50 and older without kids cite this as a reason they never had them; 64% of young women say they just don't want children, compared to 50% of men.") https://www.ft.com/content/838eeb4e-3bff-4693-990f-ff3446cac9b2 https://www.ft.com/content/838eeb4e-3bff-4693-990f-ff3446cac... | https://archive.today/s6zUk https://archive.today/s6zUk ("Financial Times: Why family-friendly policies don’t boost birth rates")