aardvarkbjones
aardvarkbjones t1_jbo9wi5 wrote
Reply to comment by CompactOwl in Where there's gender equality, people tend to live longer by LifeTableWithChairs
Finance looks down on everyone who isn't a coked-up asshole. I'd hardly use that as a standard of anything.
aardvarkbjones t1_jbo6zfr wrote
Reply to comment by CompactOwl in Where there's gender equality, people tend to live longer by LifeTableWithChairs
I keep hearing this, but I never actually see it. The stay at home dads I know do fine.
Sometimes I think men just keep telling themselves this because it's what they've heard, but it's not actually true anymore.
aardvarkbjones t1_jbnx257 wrote
Reply to comment by business2690 in Where there's gender equality, people tend to live longer by LifeTableWithChairs
Look, people don't want to talk about this, but across the board, when education and opportunity go up for women, birth rates go down.
It turns out having and raising kids is really hard. Pregnancy takes a huge toll and children offer offer little personal benefit in economically advanced societies. When given other options, a lot of women just won't want to do it. Or if they do have kids, it'll be fewer.
I say this as a women who has never wanted kids. Pregnancy looks like something out of a nightmare to me.
We need to have an economic model that allows for fewer children moving forward.
aardvarkbjones t1_jbob27f wrote
Reply to comment by CompactOwl in Where there's gender equality, people tend to live longer by LifeTableWithChairs
I guess my social circles just don't worry about that stuff. No one I know cares.