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Why does it matter if they've always been present? Children were historically used as slaves and retirement plans. As economies become more advanced, families
by smt88 1y ago
Why does it matter if they've always been present?
Children were historically used as slaves and retirement plans. As economies become more advanced, families need less of both of those things.
So a major economic benefit of having kids is gone and women are more afraid of the risks.
Telling someone "X was worse in the past" doesn't make them suddenly stop worrying about it.
- lazide 1y agoIt means those aren’t the cause of a sudden change in behavior, since they aren’t new. The other factors may be, and would therefore be more of a causitive factor eh?
- smt88 1y agoI didn't say they're the cause. They are a risk, and they've always been a risk. Historically, the risk outweighed the reward (or women just weren't free enough to make a decision either way). That's not the case anymore.
- lazide 1y ago‘women just weren't free enough to make a decision either way‘ that’s the actual truth, yes. but the recent shift in decisions also has consequences, and the western world in particular is struggling with those consequences.