Say that and I can let it be. After all, I can have 4 kids if I want to.
But say that and we are slightly at odds aren't we? The fertility rate is like under 1.7 in the UK and only 1.4 in Finland. Now technically I could still end up lowering it no matter how many kids I have because it's the average for each female, but I'd prefer to move it higher nevertheless.
You have a point that a declining birth rate will alter the demographics of a country when coupled with immigration in ways that are indeed regressive. But that is a political choice. It also stands in no comparison to the fact too many kids are raised in an environment of abuse and neglect and as such it shouldn't be actively encouraged to have children unless people really want it themselves. Even financial incentives to bump the birth rate will only encourage the wrong kind of people to have children.
But women DO talk more with each other than men. Or are we just dropping the scientific and anecdotal evidence of women being more open with each other and men bottling up things because it's not convenient for this topic? The reason men would think women are talking more in a situation where both the men and women were talking the same amount is because women will converse with each other more than men and so they make an assumption based on prior experience.
Finland appears to be a bit of an outlier, in that population could realistically begin to decrease in the next few decades, which isn't the case for most European countries. The population here in the UK is strongly growing.
When people get together or how changes with the times. Just because we're entering a different era of this doesn't mean people won't get together. Different societies in different ages, even in the modern era, can have wildly different expected ages for when people begin to reproduce, and that's not just being older than the norm as you know.
I totally agree with you but the only problem is that people getting older and older is one of the (main) reasons of population growth since birth rates in western countries are just around or slightly below replenishment rates. The question is more; when the workforce is shrinking who is going to take care of them? The welfare state in particular no longer stands in proportion to the amount of payers and receivers. People who say immigration is the solution also forget this costs more money than it actually delivers, and this is ignoring all the social tensions it brings.
Could be, could be. I guess time will tell. But if you extrapolate existing trends I'd say it's an unlikely outcome.
Having kids ticks a special box in our selfish genetics. Failure of parenting is rarely systematic, and so it's a look in hindsight, saying woulda, coulda, shoulda. If the environment and quality of life etc. are good for any adult they are usually good for a parent too. Who and who wants kids doesn't have that much to do with it, they might even regret it. And really just any problem you can imagine, someone's had it with their child somewhere.
It is still relatively rare (maybe 10%) for those that want a partner to end up without one by 39. Still it can definitely happen. The princes and princesses get together and thus the 20/80 can't really apply. People lower their standards and I guess they change too.
A very reasonable, level-headed reply. Though I'm vary of the global humanist sentiment because I've seen it give rise to the idea that our continued existence can be outsourced into some other land because globally there is enough population growth.
Are business meetings really the place for men to unload their bottled up feelings? I wouldn't if I were a man. Which I don't and I am.
Judging by incident that sparked this thread, evidently some men think the right place to unload their bottled up feelings is in front of the press.
I would point out that online discourse seems to be dominated by men. So are speaking circuits. I would say men, at this time, is far more public with their feelings than women. But that’s a societal expectation
In a way, I can't find it within me to get too bothered by creaky old dinosaurs who, whilst still perhaps with some uses, amble around the world making fools of themselves, in evident confusion at the existence of social progress and that it's not the 1960s anymore. They will soon be gone.
True, but it's at least somewhat related to the situation at hand and more so. I am not upset or anything, just pointing out the current scenario. Some people makes points, but some of you guys and gals got some bottle up feelings right now. Nothing to be ashamed about, but if you can and if there's availability, seek some to talk to. Y'all have a good one and stay safe.
