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soryang

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3. "Birth Strike"

Reply to jpak (Original post)

Wed May 15, 2019, 04:06 PM

May 2019

"In her new book Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight Over Women's Work (PM Press), activist and author Jenny Brown argues that declining birth rates represent a work slowdown, or strike, in the face of the poor conditions for those who do the labor of bearing and raising children."

Demographers are surprised??????

https://birthstrike.home.blog/author/jbrown72073gmailcom/

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U.S. Births Fell To A 32-Year Low In 2018; CDC Says Birthrate Is In Record Slump [View all] jpak May 2019 OP

Well considering how automation is replacing people in time a lower birth rate might cstanleytech May 2019 #1

Just like the wheel did... LanternWaste May 2019 #22

This is a good thing montanacowboy May 2019 #2

"Birth Strike" soryang May 2019 #3

Um... rownesheck May 2019 #4

It's a good thing. MH1 May 2019 #5

Hillary must be responsible for this patphil May 2019 #6

Coming soon... peacefreak2.0 May 2019 #7

Considering that our planet appears to be dying, I am glad that I never had kids. StevieM May 2019 #8

+1 CountAllVotes May 2019 #19

I don't know what the exact timeline will look like--but the prognosis is bleak. StevieM May 2019 #21

Sad facts CountAllVotes May 2019 #23

Total fertility rate: 1.728 per woman (2.1 is replacement rate) progree May 2019 #9

Did I start a trend? BigmanPigman May 2019 #10

Apparently. In China, total births fell 12 percent from 2017 to 2018. China's pop. may peak in 2023 progree May 2019 #11

New Rule: I Didn't Reproduce Day Real Time with Bill Maher nycbos May 2019 #12

I read the other day LogicFirst May 2019 #13

Good! n/t X_Digger May 2019 #14

Who in the world would want to bring a child into this world? Dem2theMax May 2019 #15

In 1957 Mendocino May 2019 #16

Read the book Empty Planet PoindexterOglethorpe May 2019 #17

I've never felt economically secure enough to bring a child into this world. Yavin4 May 2019 #18

Not surprising. Life is scary at the moment. honest.abe May 2019 #20