He wants to be known as the "fertilization president."

WTF

Edit: I wasn’t sure what I was appalled by at first but now I realize it’s that this fucking medal just encourages women to be treated no better than a prized heifer.

  • misteloct@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    41·
    22 hours ago

    You still need 2 working parents, few people want to balance a career and children. We’re not designed for it. And their social help, while good for global standards, amounts to a fraction of the cost of having kids. In prehistory a whole village raised children and people barely worked. Social policies help but we need a global structural change.

    • NateNate60@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      8 hours ago

      In the past, people had several children because most would die before adulthood. The 20th century population boom is because better sanitation and healthcare reduced child mortality but it takes at least one generation for women to adapt and have fewer children.

    • bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      22 hours ago

      Yes, the social support structure is essential. If you have extended family for example; that will help you out a lot with costs and care. Families are small, atomized and fractured today.