These are amazingly awful ideas, and your presentation of them is perfect! This is one of the reasons I enjoy your posts so much, because you see the ridiculousness around you. People always want to fix problems, but most people have a horrible analysis of what the problem is. These ideas reveal that these men don't want to look at the root causes for the lowered birth rate. They offer solutions to problems that don't exist (like poor reproductive health habits or men and women not being able to meet) instead of looking at problems that do exist (like the unequal status of men and women, and all the patriarchal institutions that terrorize women), because fixing those problems are 1) difficult and 2) undesirable to them.
Have faith! Change and progress will come if you all keep fighting for it. You're doing a great job raising awareness and sharing your views with the world at large. I'm rooting for you.
Hi, Jason! Thank you so much for your support and thoughtful feedback! I couldn’t agree more with your point about how "fixing those problems is 1) difficult and 2) undesirable to them." That really captures it. It’s honestly refreshing to hear this perspective from someone who gets it—especially since so many men here don’t, given how deeply rooted the patriarchy is in our society.
These are amazingly awful ideas, and your presentation of them is perfect! This is one of the reasons I enjoy your posts so much, because you see the ridiculousness around you. People always want to fix problems, but most people have a horrible analysis of what the problem is. These ideas reveal that these men don't want to look at the root causes for the lowered birth rate. They offer solutions to problems that don't exist (like poor reproductive health habits or men and women not being able to meet) instead of looking at problems that do exist (like the unequal status of men and women, and all the patriarchal institutions that terrorize women), because fixing those problems are 1) difficult and 2) undesirable to them.
Have faith! Change and progress will come if you all keep fighting for it. You're doing a great job raising awareness and sharing your views with the world at large. I'm rooting for you.
Hi, Jason! Thank you so much for your support and thoughtful feedback! I couldn’t agree more with your point about how "fixing those problems is 1) difficult and 2) undesirable to them." That really captures it. It’s honestly refreshing to hear this perspective from someone who gets it—especially since so many men here don’t, given how deeply rooted the patriarchy is in our society.