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Well, the irony is that re: population control, it seems to happen naturally with the development of Western civ ideas (i.e. feminism.) China doesn't even begi
by araneae 17y ago
Well, the irony is that re: population control, it seems to happen naturally with the development of Western civ ideas (i.e. feminism.) China doesn't even begin to have the lowest r(growth rate); Japan has that honor, followed by Italy, then the rest of Europe.
The second you give women the opportunity to work instead of raise a pack of squalling children, they seem to prefer work.
However, China is very anti-feminist and is aborting all their women, thereby impeding the natural events which could lead to an even lower r. So I'm not sure it's correct to say that their lead is the best to follow if you want global r to decrease, human rights issues aside.
- forensic 17y ago>The second you give women the opportunity to work instead of raise a pack of squalling children, they seem to prefer work. Debatable. Women in the West were forced into work due to declining wages. A single income was no longer enough to support a family, and as more women went to work the other families would bid up the price of goods. Are women choosing to work or doing it out of necessity and social pressure?
- araneae 17y agoDeclining wages were the result of women entering the workforce. Think about it: hold demand for goods and services constant (after all, women, while not working, were still eating and wearing clothes) and then suddenly double the available workforce (i.e. women start going to work.) And while some women may be forced to work, and don't want to, there are a number of women who delay childrearing because of their careers. Women who have children later in life have fewer children on average. Additionally, some women choose to not raise children at all; if they didn't have the choice to work they would have to marry and have children so they wouldn't starve to death.
- catzaa 17y ago> Debatable. Women in the West were forced into work due to declining wages. A single income was no longer enough to support a family, and as more women went to work the other families would bid up the price of goods. That is debatable. A bigger problem is that living standards increased significantly. To keep these living standards (two cars per household, etc...) two people must work.
- philwelch 17y agoI would not describe Japan and Italy as particularly feministic cultures, actually. Also, selectively aborting your future female population is a great way to reduce r.