Rachel Cohen Booth - reporter
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Tuesday 04 August 2026 13:05:15 GMT
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Natasha :
This is why it shouldn't be called a "fertility" gap. It's a safety selection.
2026-08-04 14:19:01
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BookedbyINA :
A million studies and think pieces when the answer is so obvious
2026-08-04 16:52:20
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Pamela :
I mean look at the Lindsey Clancy case. That could be any one of us left to drown post partum. Also a fam annihilation takes place every 5 days in the US. Women aren’t willing to sacrifice their lives to have a baby. Not to mention the maternity care deserts and draconian reproductive laws that literally kill women unnecessarily.
2026-08-04 14:26:53
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theaudicity1 :
Frfr - I’d never advise any woman to have children. I have two.
2026-08-05 22:17:55
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Chicker Babe :
South Korean women are leading the way 💖💖💖💖
2026-08-05 22:09:48
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aghostypers :
The expectation that as a woman and wife id be doing it all is something I accepted and didn’t waste my breath fighting it. I instead chose to be a mom on my own, sans husband. I’m doing it all still, but I’m not carrying a grown man on my back as well.
2026-08-04 18:21:39
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Faking cancer expert :
watching this while pushing the stroller
2026-08-04 14:16:34
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Rachel :
I wouldn’t have been willing to have a baby with anyone who wasn’t going to do his share of the work- fortunately I found one, but I respect people who just opt out
2026-08-04 14:53:24
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brainwashedbybravo :
What did they think the result of men calling their families a ball and chain would be?
2026-08-04 20:23:51
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TacoSmasher :
How long do you think it’ll be before a modern country starts rolling back the rights of women?
2026-08-04 20:11:40
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💰💰💰💰💰💰💰 :
some men don't deserve a family.
2026-08-05 18:33:23
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redpandaland99 :
💯💯💯Even if you wait and have an equal partner before kids, men can switch up fastttttt
2026-08-04 16:09:14
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kalbert100 :
I keep saying that of all the things that have been tried, I haven’t seen them try to teach and encourage men to RESPECT women
2026-08-05 11:32:44
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AudraSueHall :
I am so sick of hearing people label the men’s responsibilities as “Help“. No. We don’t want our partner to “help “raise their kids, clean their house, participate in their own damn life. They would have to do all these things if they were single. Stop calling it Help. They’re not “helping US” with bare minimum basic responsibilities. what we’re asking of them is partnership and for them to participate – actively – in their own damn lives. Calling it Help makes it sound like they’re doing us a favor. And that’s their attitude towards it. That needs to stop.
2026-08-04 19:44:52
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brittany_loreal :
At this point I would rather adopt and do it alone.
2026-08-04 15:28:38
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Feeble Earthling :
I was raised by a single mother who made me promise not to marry or have kids before I was 30. She taught me the importance of financial independence above all else. Now I have a husband who does half the childcare and the majority of the housework, while I’m the breadwinner.
2026-08-04 15:39:14
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Daisy2908 :
Absolutely true. The only reason I'm considering a child is because my husband is an equal partner in all domestic labor. I refer to it as conditional. Both marriage and child rearing were conditional for me, depending on whether I found the right partner. I didn't want either of these things independent of the conditions of partnership.
2026-08-04 15:06:14
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poppenheimer 🍿 :
we love to see it
2026-08-04 16:25:17
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DeeDee :
Or my friend who is going to have children on her own. She doesn’t need a man who she’ll also have to take care of in her life.
2026-08-04 17:35:06
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KAIT :
I'm in my second marriage right now. my husband is an amazing dad and we have two kids right now. one from his last marriage and one we just had. he's a great dad and husband. we are going to try to have one or two more kids. if I had gotten pregnant in my first marriage I would have gotten an abortion. there's no way I could have parented there.
2026-08-04 14:56:00
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THSEUSNA :
So, just to understand this whole thing better. So, birth rates have been falling for several decades now. Some places more than others. The author here, or the video creator and some comments, propose that the whole thing can be explained by one variable. But the thing is that the data itself only accounts for a tiny difference. Meaning 90% of the cases can't be explained by this variable. But it's presented as the most relevant thing. When people say 'more' you need to know in more is double, 50% more, 25%, or 3%. There's a reason there is no graphic or real values shown on the video, because it doesn't help the sensationalism, the click bait rate.
2026-08-05 16:03:56
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Justinthematrix :
What about Africa with the highest birth rates?
2026-08-05 01:15:21
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G_L_T :
You should highlight the actual percentage contribution otherwise how do we know whether it’s a marginal or major explanation
2026-08-05 19:38:18
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Parzival :
What do you think of the study being done primarily blaming social media? As you said fertility is dropping everywhere even egalitarian societies (just as not fast) Europe despite all their benefits and equality is also not able to reverse the trend. Social media theory: youtu.be/6lFXmDk-tps
2026-08-04 20:51:09
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jmk2012 :
ive BEEN saying this!!! I warn all the fresh-out-of-college girlies I work with to choose the father of their children carefully. because you'll figure out pretty quickly if you chose wrong but at that point its too late
2026-08-05 19:35:37
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