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Why aren't people having kids anymore? Is there any way birth rates can be raised or is this the new normal?
Imo people are having fewer kids because they're marrying and even dating less often. A lot of people talk about money, but there's the least of the problems.
50 years ago most high school kids dated, nowadays only a minority do. Nowadays we have a lot more virgins and people who never dated.
Standards are sky high and people have no patience for human interaction anymore, guys would rather watch porn over pursing sex. Simping is rampant, be it the guy leaving likes on instagram, the guy on tinder swiping on a million women without getting a match, or the guy on twitch sending money to his dream gamer girl.
Girls end up in soft harems where 10% of guys fuck most women, they are told they need to marry a multi-millionaire while being broke, they are told their normal boyfriends aren't good enough.
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>>770 (OP)
I think the real reason is because having kids is portrayed as a nightmare (eg, dumb dad, overworked hag mom media trope), plus we live in a more hedonistic time, the ideal is moneymaxxing, traveling, etc. Not doing that for another person. The biological desire hasnt gone away though, i think its channeled into pets, think dog birthdays, dogs in strollers, dog "mom".
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>>1179
It's mostly a nightmare because we treated women as equals when teality says "nah, not really lol". We focus so much on the, maybe 1% of elite women, and apply it to all women. This will forever IMHO, be one of the greatest mistakes humanity has ever commited.
Like it's arguably worse than slavery.
>>1179
I also forgot to mention women literally cannot bear the thought of their bodies becoming even the slightest bit modified. Cause being sExY is the most important thing in life for the modern woman, even though any validation is always short-lived and they arent truly fulfilked on the inside.
I think women just enjoy modern corporate fake work more than men. My female co-workers are all happy and bubbly spending their days doing mind-numbing tasks. On the other hand I don't go a day without wishing I could blow my brains out because of how much I hate my job
>>1207
>>1214
I don't know man, it seems too simple to just blame women. Social media gives you a pretty false picture because you get random ass influencers trying to get views and set up a persona, it's not a great depiction of reality. At least where I live all the laziest fucks I've worked with are mostly dudes. And personally I haven't moved a single step towards having children, I don't want them since I don't feel like there is enough time in my life. I'd be a total hypocrite blaming that on women. Like how are you supposed to have a career and get your home setup and so on? Suddenly you are too old and there's a 50% chance of your potential kids having genetic diseases due to age or maybe your wife straight up can't have kids. But if you have them too early you completely fuck up your wife's career and economically rape yourself because single income is basically impossible nowadays unless you have a very in demand job.
