As right-wing governments seek to blame a rejection of parenthood, a survey reveals a lack of choice, not desire, stops people having the families they want

As right-wing governments seek to blame a rejection of parenthood, a survey reveals a lack of choice, not desire, stops people having the families they want

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250610132514/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/10/un-population-fund-unfpa-report-reasons-falling-global-fertility

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  • FistingEnthusiastEnglish
    6·
    18 days ago

    I have a suspicion that while all those reasons are legit, lots of people just don’t want them

    People are seeing an alternative to the classic life-script, and are choosing to be child-free, but there’s still a lot of stigma surrounding it, so people make all sorts of excuses rather than saying “I just don’t want kids”

    • shani66@ani.social
      3·
      17 days ago

      Even if your brain tricks you into caring with a chemical cocktail to rival any drug being fear mongered about, if you aren’t already high the entire prospect of parenthood seems awful. From destroying your body to forcing you to entirely reorientate your life around a burden that can’t even sleep without dying. Especially in an era kids can’t even walk down the street alone without some Karen calling the cops, you can’t even catch a break after they are old enough to exist independently.