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valleyrogue

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15. It is because women now have a choice to say "no" to men and their institutions.

Reply to ancianita (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2026, 06:30 PM

20 hrs ago

I see no negatives about this. People should have children only because they want them, not because it is "expected" of them. Ditto for marriage, which is dying out in western countries anyway and should have died out centuries ago.

The 1950s mindset is very hard for many to shake. From the excerpt provided, it seems the author doesn't have a clue what is really happening, and that is patriarchy is dying out. For her, it is everything BUT women saying "no."

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Why So Few Babies? We Might Have Overlooked the Biggest Reason of All [View all] ancianita Yesterday OP

Even if I were inclined to have wanted kids, FoxNewsSucks Yesterday #1

Totally understandable. Yours is the same reason my youngest son refuses to ever have children. ancianita Yesterday #2

Yep. I felt that way 45 years ago. Auggie 23 hrs ago #3

The reason for so few babies is that people can now plan their families and avoid unwanted pregnancies. Midnight Writer 23 hrs ago #4

Maybe to some extent, but hope or no hope for the near future seems to matter greatly Attilatheblond 22 hrs ago #6

We had our two sons when Bill Clinton was President. We wouldn't do so now, were we young enough to do so. NNadir 23 hrs ago #5

Understood. Were I young I'd note the international numbers and seriously consider doing the same. ancianita 22 hrs ago #11

I have always told right to lifers randr 22 hrs ago #7

Amen, amen! ancianita 22 hrs ago #8

George Carlin's description of pro-forced birthers, oops, right-to-lifers: niyad 22 hrs ago #10

I was very fortunate to come of age when The Pill was becoming niyad 22 hrs ago #9

It takes two incomes in many cases just to pay for rent, car, living expenses. Diamond_Dog 22 hrs ago #12

I think AI is in the background, being used for jobs humans used to do, men included. Though AI will never surpass human ancianita 21 hrs ago #13

My grandson decided at the age of twenty-two that he was never going to have kids. Aristus 21 hrs ago #14

It is because women now have a choice to say "no" to men and their institutions. valleyrogue 20 hrs ago #15

yup Skittles 18 hrs ago #16