@dr.shawna: What is “selective pronatalism”? Elon Musk supposedly wants a “legion of children” and beyond being weird, this assertion can tell us a lot about contemporary pronatalism. An intersectional analysis of the technocratic elite and this current obsession with declining birth rates can tell us a lot about what scholars call selective pronatalism and how it serves to uphold systems of power. For more on that, let’s go to the research! #learnontiktokcontest #socialscience #EduTok
This is sounding very 1940s Germanyyyyyyy. Are they going to start giving out awards to mothers?
2026-09-23 23:41:14
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Jen :
Eugenics is the name for this. There is power in calling a thing by its name,
2026-09-24 04:28:49
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Lee :
The future I’m imagining is not one I want to bring children into
2026-09-23 22:58:59
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Morgan Kali :
I was JUST talking with my husband last night about this: I am first in my matrilineal line to be able to choose if, or when, I have children, and I chose not to have any. What an amazing moment this would be to them! To CHOOSE every aspect of parenthood! (RIP RoeVWade 😭)
2026-09-23 22:34:10
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Polars :
We were literally raised to not have kids. We were told to not be poor, not to be our parents and not to have kids if you cant do that. why are so many countries surprised their movement to reduce children actually worked?
2026-09-23 23:13:32
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Feral :
If men reproduced, the population would be a tenth of the size it is.
2026-09-23 21:54:43
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dr.shawna :
Also, I’m trying some new little editing things so let me know if you have any feedback on the edit!
2026-09-23 21:31:49
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ִֶָ🦢TheFoxyRaven♡ :
ooohhh that's why a billionaire has 100 children with serogates
2026-09-26 01:22:15
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Queen of Hills :
Wonder what the overlap is between pro-natalists and people with narcissist personality disorder?
2026-09-24 13:22:35
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Fr3ckl3Fac3d 🏳️🌈🌈🏳️🌈 :
what is it with these people who firmly believe they are smarter than everyone else around them (regardless of if they are or not) wanting a million kids?
2026-09-24 01:58:16
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Sirenofthedeep :
Most of these people also wouldn’t support governmental policies that would ACTUALLY incentivise people to have more kids. Like universal healthcare in the US, better maternity and paternity leave, better unemployment benefits, rent controls, free/subsidised childcare etc.
2026-09-24 20:55:25
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JustPeaches :
i’m so glad that you discussed this. And it is so interesting.
2026-09-24 09:00:45
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Thembo :
and all of this pronatalism is causing a lot of young people to go the opposite way and become antinatalist. As someone who chose to have children, its completely confusing when half of the content you see is right wing trad wife's pushing people to have a lot of kids and are generallyhorrid people, and then progressive people who I otherwise align with politically (and wont stop being on the right side of history with) now see people like me as selfish for choosing to have kids. We're a very polarized nation right now.
2026-09-24 01:34:06
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Telma :
it's irónic that a big part of his children hate him
2026-09-24 11:34:57
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Samantha38g :
They all make the assumption that their sims will want to follow in their footsteps steps despite not being the ones who nurture & raise them.
2026-09-24 12:35:02
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TorchtheWitch🇨🇦 :
“Insecure masculinity”😂😂😂😂
2026-10-18 04:39:07
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Cam Hayden :
oh i’m VERY early for class and happy about it
2026-09-23 21:33:19
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Nothing_clever_left :
I like gold stars. You said it six times but it came up on the screen twice when you didn’t say it at the same time.
2026-09-24 21:41:33
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oxejayn :
You only said Pronatalism 5 times
2026-09-23 21:41:58
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Ace-out-of-space♠️ :
You summed it quite well. Love studying pro-natalist policies, hate seeing them
2026-09-25 13:35:11
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Amy Ferrell :
Samuel Perry!! Sociologists of Religion tend to get dismissed in the field, but they are shining light on important phenomena!
2026-09-24 20:00:09
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Mercy | Psychic Healer ✨Coach :
Your content is so needed at this time!!
2026-09-24 21:40:50
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Captainmillennial :
6, but 8 if you could the subtitles.
2026-09-25 01:30:26
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Humble_Crab :
I think it was 5
2026-09-24 00:47:11
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CarahGrowsPlants :
I hope your content goes so far. You’re so important to the women community
2026-09-24 01:14:50
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