What do you think is to blame for the fertility rate crisis in the US?

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America's fertility crash laid bare: Interactive map shows how birth rate has plummeted since 2007 - falling by up to a THIRD in some states - www.dailymail.co.uk/.../...ty-fallen-disaster.html

US fertility rate collapses sparking panic, economy imploding, conservatives have more babies - https://youtu.be/67-3swVAy_8?si=-y2iaVVaVZFwycv1

rigmarole · Accepted Answer

American women care more about consumption of cheap imported junk than they care about family. The number one issue causing low reproduction rates is financial insecurity. Feminists will market it as women having more options these day, but in reality it’s just that women do not care about family. They will put career opportunity and money before children because their ultimate objective is to consume junk they don’t need. This is backed up by the fact that women account for 75-85% of discretionary spending even though they make up 50% of the population. If they are with a man long term it’s to spend his money. Consumption doesn’t grow the economy in a way that new technologies that improve the standard of living does. It’s a hollow economy fed by women’s greed for material possessions. To continue that consumption more and more money is printed which drive inflation and devalues the dollar reducing purchasing power. Being that the economy is not growing in any real way that makes Americans more productive, salaries stay stagnant. Therefore over time, there are fewer men that can or want to feed the insatiable hunger of female consumption. As a result less people reproduce together.

WhiteSteve · Accepted Answer

I feel like we need to be REDUCING the human population, this just isn’t sustainable. More than 1-2 billion population worldwide and it just becomes too much. I don’t know how you accomplish this without genocide, lmao, I don’t really have a good answer for how to get there, but I’m convinced that there are way too many human beings on earth and we need to cut WAYYYYYYY back, somehow.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

I don't think birth rate and fertility rate are the same thing.

The birth rate has fallen because women & men are choosing to have children later in life, like say in their early to late 30s.

Now if the actual fertility rate has fallen, that is if women & men in their teens and twenties have less fertile wombs and sperms unrelated to contraception well that's likely down obesity, diabetes, legal/ilegal drug use, alcohol, chemicals in food and water and so on.

When I was in the maternity ward most of the other women were in their 30s.

Rei13 · Accepted Answer

I honestly think it’s just a lot people don’t place value on having children and don’t want them. Some people might say because of income, but in my experience the poorest people tended to have the biggest families and the wealthier you are the less children you have so yeah I guess it does play a factor too.

madhatters4 · Answer

my in-laws raised 8 kids on a single income. he wasn't making millions either. he probably made about 70k back in the 80s which was a lot but still didn't make him exceptionally rich. he says he couldn't even think about raising that many kids on that salary or even double that salary

inflation over time lapping increase in wages has made smaller families a must.

XingQi · Answer

There is really a lot of issues at play here: Economy - Expensive housing prices, high costs of living, poor financial literacy of society in general Social movements - Feminism Pornography Decaying morality - Promiscuity is actually causing infertility to become worse than ever. Many asymptomatic STDs cause infertility. Abortion - It may not be the actual numbers themselves but rather the fact that abortion being publicly available enables men and women to become promiscuous. This becomes problematic because studies confirm a higher body count correlates to poor relationships and mental health. Politics - We as Americans are more divided than ever. The philosophy of Democrats and Republicans is the equivalent of comparing two religions. Social engineering from news outlets has caused a ton of division.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

The cost of living.

Housing alone in semi good area with 3 bedrooms you are at looking at least $3,500 a month in mortgage, not counting insurance and taxes on that house which will be an additional $6,000

The mortgage alone will be around $42,000 a year when the annual medium income in the U. S. around $72,000 a year.

Now, add car, gas, food, retirement fund, medical funds, feeding kids and all the little things that add up throughout a year is too expensive to have multiple kids.

Either the cost of living significantly drops or wages significantly increases for people to have more kids otherwise forget it.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

The garbage they keep shoving into our food and drinks!! Take a look at the ingredients on the stuff you buy! Nearly half of it will say it contains bioengineered shit!! WHO KNOWS what you're putting into your body with that shit? I REFUSE to buy anything that has that in the ingredients! Maybe, if we all do, they'll get the message! They'll lose shitloads of money and, eventually, figure out why!

Staximus · Answer

I'm going to have to agree with white Steve. The last thing the world needs is more assholes. More resource vacuums creating more trash and pollution. Worrying about how many tax payers there are is just another excuse not to balance the budget. Worrying about the economy is just playing the short game and ignoring the long game, which is not using up and trashing the planet to the point of our own extinction. We can only shit in our own backyard for so long.

Cubus · Answer

Mostly because snowflakes don't want to have kids but a puppy instead.

The only developed country that has reached a generation replacement level is Isreal. For a very simple reason - Israel is surrounded by a group of countries that don't want him to exist, so having a big army is a neccessity to survive.

Even normal people there know it, as Hamas from time to time decides to remind them that they are not safe.

SquishyBuns2628 · Answer

The world is too over populated and everything is fuckin exoensive fr fr. I think this is great 👍🏾 The less people having safer options to have intercourse and to safely terminate their unwanted pregnancy is also great.

katiesmuff · Answer

I would have to agree with what WhiteSteve said which is that we are already overpopulated worldwide and is becoming more than the world can keep sustainable

IceCreamSandwich · Answer

The economy. It wouldn't be a problem if people just didn't want to have kids, but a lot of people do still want kids and just can't afford to have them. That's the problem.

Astarlessnightsky · Answer

Its not fertility, people just don't want kids or fewer kids. For various reasons, one of them is surely the economy or better the low paying jobs for the middle and poor class people.

anon57897 · Answer

The United States has 350 million people. In 2000, it was 280 million. In 1900 it was 75 million.

You complain about climate change and mass shootings and income inequality and inflation and homelessness. How many more people do you need?

Dargil · Answer

The US is in decline. Wed have become lazy, complacent and self centered. We have become too used to wealth, comfort and I-phones. Without some kind of explosive changed, we are fukked.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Well...

DeeDeeDeVour · Answer

High stress levels, mainly due to financial issues (significantly caused by the economy), I suppose.

AngryCarl2 · Answer

The falling birth rate isn't connected to less fertility, it's caused by women using contraceptives because they don't want to have kids, or can't afford to. Another victory for capitalism!

zagor · Answer

People aren't willing to make the sacrifices needed to have children. They prefer their weekends in Napa or the Hampton's and their vacations in the Swiss Alps. And of course nobody wants a long-term stable committed relationship anymore.

Bethany22 · Answer

Why is it alarming? Isn't it a good thing for environmental concerns?

Boromir · Answer

Male fertility going down the drain due to low T :)

exitseven · Answer

It is probably environmental. Or maybe people just don't want kids. They are a lot of work and cost boatloads of money.

Snakeyes7 · Answer

feminism, the economy, abortions, government welfare, no fault divorce etc.

Avicenna · Answer

High cost of childcare and education, plus a lot of economic instability.

ProbablyClueless · Answer

Sedentary lifestyles and processed foods are what I blame.

jogeb907433 · Answer

For feminism, it is necessary to make abortion illegal in all cases.

jshm2 · Answer

Americans just shouldn't be breeding.

slatyb · Answer

Sales all over the developed world.

jahaims · Answer

Phthalates and over processed foods

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