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[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 1 month ago

The reason why people aren't having kids anymore isn't because of abortion, its because: wages are decreasing (accounting for inflation), the cost of living is skyrocketing (yes even accounting for inflation), the cost of owning a home is now far too much for young people, people are working longer and more stressful hours in worse jobs for worse bosses, public areas have been destroyed leading to less in person interaction, online dating is toxic, the internet has given people heightened expectations, an unresolved mental health crisis, and people are finally becoming responsible enough to understand that you shouldn't have kids you cant afford.

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 15 points 1 month ago

online dating is toxic

I've read some good evidence is that this is because women, especially zoomer and millennial women, are considerably more liberal than the men in their peer group. Historically, women have always been more liberal than men, but the difference between them has gotten extreme in the last 10 years. Being a Trump supporter is a deal-breaker for many single women.

[-] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 month ago

Online dating is incredibly toxic for gay men, too, so this isn't something that can be completely explained by a shift in women's ideology.

[-] stinerman@midwest.social 0 points 1 month ago

I will take your word for it. I am not involved in any online dating, but am also not gay.

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

That's completely reasonable, why would a women date a man who thinks that she doesn't own her own body (not all but a significant amount of Trump supporters believe that). In addition women are more liberal because primarily their rights have and are being threatened by Trump, furthermore women are more likely to be sympathetic to other minorities who may loose their rights as well. On top of that young conservative men are very often completely delusional in terms of dating expectations. Many of them demand an extremely young person (18-20), demand they be stay at home, demand many children, while not having a job capable of upholding such a lifestyle because they cannot accept that the world we live in is not the same one our grandparents lived in. In addition young conservatives (especially young Trump supporters) tend to have completely unreasonable demands and expectations due to them being terminally online and a very poor understanding of women.

[-] Maeve@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

It's even worse than that. They want women to work full time, keep all the housework done, assume all the work with the child after work, while cooking dinner, washing up, stay looking fantastic, never complain and oh, mow the lawn while I'm playing golf/bball/football on Saturday, and don't forget Suzie has ballet on Wednesday, Bobby has detention on Friday, and football practice on Saturday.

Not so sure about that. Isn't Vance advocating for women to strive to be stay at home moms. So you can cut the full time job from that list. His comments about staying in the kitchen would also rule out the lawn and driving anywhere. I think he just wants women to stay home and be there for when their husband wants to see them, and only leave the house when he wants to bring her somewhere.

[-] Maeve@midwest.social 3 points 1 month ago

Probably. I just meant that's the mindset of certain men in our area. Certain meaning if they want the trad wife but realize a single income isn't enough. Or whatever else is convenient, I guess. I'm just going by those I've known in a concentrated region, not all men are like that and I'm so glad!

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

I dont get men tbh, or Trump supporters. Im too Transfem to understand them :3

[-] nomous@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I don't understand women or Trump supporters so we have something in common.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Great news - the fewer Trumpers who reproduce, the better.

[-] Disgracefulone@discuss.online 8 points 1 month ago

You just listed 6 reasons why people are losing their minds then casually throw out "being responsible enough to not have kids they can't afford"

Which is if? Everyone's losing their goddamn minds of people have their shit together? Which is it damn it!!

/S

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I forgot that only one thing can be true at once, its actually none of the reasons listed. The true reason is that the 5g radio waves connect with the vaccine autism to produce gay frog chemicals (that are spread by chemtrails in planes piloted by lizard people) so that everyone becomes trans.

/s /j

[-] Disgracefulone@discuss.online 4 points 1 month ago

This makes way more sense

[-] datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Losing my job and seeing there's about 100 times more people applying for IT jobs than there are IT jobs made me go from "maybe" to "nah" in the procreation question. Too many people already procreated too many times before me.

[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

wages are decreasing (accounting for inflation), the cost of living is skyrocketing (yes even accounting for inflation), the cost of owning a home is now far too much for young people

Because the first thing people do when they get horny is immediately check their bank account balance ๐Ÿ™„

[-] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

No but if you cant afford kids im guessing you're more likey to use protection and/or other means to prevent pregnancy

[-] nomous@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Hard to go out on a date and impress someone if you can only afford staying at home with beans & rice.

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