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b_b  ·  3469 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Claire Cain Miller: When Family-Friendly Policies Backfire

    ...that the planet is already overpopulated as it is, and maybe we shouldn't be encouraging people to reproduce. Perhaps it's not such a bad thing that people have to choose between having a child and keeping a job.

I'm going to ignore most of your statement, and just point out that countries that offer generous maternity leave (stable western democracies, mostly) also generally have very low birthrates, many even negative.





Grendel  ·  3469 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm aware of that.

b_b  ·  3469 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Clearly.

Grendel  ·  3469 days ago  ·  link  ·