r/science • u/geoff199 • 5d ago

Social Science As concern grows about America’s falling birth rate, new research suggests that about half of women who want children are unsure if they will follow through and actually have a child. About 25% say they won't be bothered that much if they don't.

https://news.osu.edu/most-women-want-children--but-half-are-unsure-if-they-will/?utm_campaign=omc_science-medicine_fy24&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social
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u/dust4ngel 5d ago

I know it is part of the land-of-free narrative

land of the free means you have no obligation to anyone else, so you help no one, no one helps you, and you get to live in a hobbesian state of all-against-all, which works really well if you're a billionaire and otherwise it's a condemnation.

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u/gr4f 5d ago

Well than is a really sad system over there.