Anonymous #1 7w

Nope! Just don’t give in to some mediocre, undeserving guy to get there. You deserve better!

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Anonymous #2 7w

i can’t find a guy to begin with so no problem

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Anonymous #1 7w

? No one said that. The data shows that younger women are having less kids while 30-40 year old women are having them at about the same rate as before. It’s women taking their time to live for themselves before deciding to commit to something as life-changing as motherhood and I’ll always support that

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Anonymous #4 7w

Yeah that definitely plays into it 😭

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Anonymous #1 7w

It’s just a joke lol. It’s good that women are waiting to settle into their own lives before having children, essentially. Teen pregnancies are at an all time low and pregnancies in 35+ ages are at an all time high

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Anonymous #9 7w

It hasn’t been. We’re just allowed to live out our lives without being forced to be baby factories and things are a HELL of a lot more expensive so it’s not attainable for many. I don’t want kids to suffer because I’m not ready to care for them how they deserve.

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Anonymous #9 7w

No one is villainizing motherhood? It’s just a good thing that more and more women are taking their time to work on themselves and mature before jumping into having kids without being prepared. Maybe your mom was prepared at a young age but that’s not the reality for most people. Plus, a lot more women would want kids sooner if this country weren’t so hostile towards mothers and flat out unaffordable

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Anonymous #9 7w

the downvoted are crazy these hoes are so miserable 😭

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Anonymous #9 7w

I don’t think it’s being spoken bad about, some woman don’t want kids and some do. But it’s important to prevent pregnancy if you can until you truly want a kid. In this economy everything is expensive and children are. In my opinion there is nothing wrong with this post and everyone is different. I know people who already have kids and are super happy! While other friends who are focusing on travel and school!

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Anonymous #9 7w

How is it villainized

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Anonymous #9 7w

If I were incompetent, I'd agree with you.

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Anonymous #3 7w

Then have kids :)

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Anonymous #3 7w

You’re absolutely welcome to! They’re only at an all-time low because we have more say in if/when we want them and because many of us don’t want them to struggle because of where we are right now. If you feel you’re ready and able and are willing to love your kid unconditionally, go for it.

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Anonymous #9 7w

Yeah, show them that they can’t force us to have children under these conditions even when abortions are illegal. They try to take away our right to choose but we’re still choosin💪

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Anonymous #14 7w

Sry this was supposed to be its own comment

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Anonymous #1 7w

no?😂

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Anonymous #2 7w

Nope it absolutely has been. There’s a whole lot of same nowadays to those who want to be a housewife instead of working, and just getting married in your 20s in general. It’s been a growing issue the last 5 years or so and is just really, really sad.

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Anonymous #17 7w

This world is overpopulated by humans anyway, it’s not gonna hurt anyone but greedy capitalists if the population stops growing

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Anonymous OP 7w

There are so, so many kids in foster care who are miserable or abused, too…

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Anonymous izzy_the_hamster 7w

i was just about to say this. so many women at my uni get shamed and made fun of for being engaged in their 20s or for having a baby. some women are villainizing it

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Anonymous OP 7w

the world is overpopulated yes, but having significantly low birth rates in the US can lead to major labor/economic issues, strains on health care and social security, & lower amt of working class folks (which means higher retirement age to fill jobs). having more kids, government incentives (not always effective), & letting in more immigrants are the main viable solutions

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Anonymous #5 7w

the country still needs people to have children in order to function

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Anonymous OP 7w

Just a heads up- the world is not overpopulated, it’s a resource distribution issue. The idea that it is comes from a debunked book from the 70s called “the population bomb” by a eugenicist who was mostly upset about developing and nonwhite nations having higher birth rates than ours. The idea has been disproven but the book and its thesis still float around in pop science for some reason.

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Anonymous #21 7w

The country better start providing more benefits for pregnant people and support for after the baby is born then 😗

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Anonymous #21 7w

you bitches downvote anything 😂😂😂😂

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Anonymous #22 7w

guys this is sarcasm omfg

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Anonymous #18 7w

Actually why though?

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Anonymous #9 7w

It hasn’t been villainized. If we had a choice over our bodies then it would be different.

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Anonymous #9 7w

Do you think that’s only something a mom can enjoy if she’s a teenager? And that isn’t an experience a 35 year old woman can have with her child? Genuinely not understanding your point here

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Anonymous #9 7w

Cheering for a dropping birth rate is just a bit, bro. It’s a joke. Cheering that women are settling into their lives with careers and waiting until they’re financially stable to have kids IS real, though. Do I need to explain why it’s good that teen pregnancies are declining and pregnancies at later ages is increasing?

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Anonymous #25 7w

Wait did you have any difficulty getting this done bc I’ve been thinking about it

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Anonymous #16 7w

why was this downvoted lol

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Anonymous #26 7w

because you need a birth rate of 2.1 children per couple to maintain population. we will face population issues if not

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Anonymous #16 7w

upvoting because mommy? mamacita?

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Anonymous #4 7w

Just wait until the population ages and there’s not enough ppl to keep the economy growing

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Anonymous #8 7w

Wtf? What are u gonna when capitalism “ends”

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Anonymous #31 7w

Have equal rights and freedoms.,

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Anonymous #8 7w

In what country? And what kind of government?

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Anonymous #6 7w

But are pregnancies at later stages increasing? The post is about decline birth rates in general which is quite a bad thing in terms of economic output. And teen pregnancy is obviously a bad thing.

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Anonymous #6 7w

i feel like mid twenties realistically is the best age to have kids if you’re able. at least if you want to be young and energetic parents and if you want your parents to be young and energetic grandparents and for your grandparents to be in their great grandchildren’s lives. but that depends on the family support situation.

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Anonymous #24 7w

i don’t disagree with you but a country with no people (declining pop) is an economic crisis

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Anonymous #8 7w

Right…

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Anonymous #22 7w

Liberals don’t understand sarcasm

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Anonymous OP 7w

Do yk where you’d be without capitalism?

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Anonymous #31 7w

Happy and healthy

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Anonymous #8 7w

Is that like a trendy thing to say? What country? What kind of government would you be in?

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Anonymous #21 7w

I’m not gonna have kids just to try to prevent an economic crisis lmfao what 💀

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Anonymous #31 7w

In a much better place most likely

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Anonymous OP 7w

“Most likely” lmao, everything you own and know is a result of capitalism. Good luck in your “much better place”

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Anonymous #31 7w

Capitalism isn’t a sustainable economic system and the cracks are starting to form right in front of our very eyes. Why am I and so many others struggling to afford a place to live while there are people who make more money than they’ll ever need (billionaires) by exploiting people’s labor?? Idgaf about capitalism, it deserves to fall apart

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Anonymous #3 7w

this isn’t all about you 💔💔

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Anonymous #29 7w

right now we’re having the opposite problem. this will be good for us long term

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Anonymous OP 7w

Then what economic is sustainable?

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