The Conflict Between Modernity and Birth Rates | Is Sexism Linked to Fertility?

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[00:00:00]I would never say so publicly because you know I stand with women and the pronatalists want to force women to stay barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen. Um and and I I mean I'm sympathetic to that and and unfortunately some varieties of pronatalism have tended to play into that. Um the reality is and and there's and there's genuine tension. I mean, it is true that a lot of the most sexist countries in the world have the highest birth rates. It is true that within society people with more traditional gender attitudes have higher birth rates.

[00:00:31]Um these are all true things. There's real tension between certain gender models and high fertility. Now, does it have to be intrinsic tension? Can we find a way through it to the other side?