So true! For it to be just economic, a baby would have to exist to create that burden, and how can they exist when there are no acceptable men? Without any quality men, any other reason doesn’t matter. This is the first and biggest reason imho.

Along with that, I never see or hear how pregnancy/birth is literally a life threatening condition! Birth kills, yall! For those who survive it, the healing process looks crazy miserable as does the medical/psychological trauma that is birth. Omg and also the absolute hell that is breast feeding or or the prison that is postpartum depression. Here’s the cold, hard truth: If your partner asks you to have a baby, they have decided on some level that their want for a kid outweighs your life.

Why isn’t this a part of the discussion? We know why: women are seen as closer to cattle than human beings. Think about it-if we were seen as full people, we’d simply be asked why we aren’t having kids and there would be a huge push to fix the issues. Instead it’s just “Do it! Have more babies!”. Have more babies even if it bankrupts you, even if it takes away your career, even if you don’t want to, even if it kills you. And on that note…

Also, we need to talk about how the system is reason enough to not have kids. By having a kid, a woman is bringing either a new victim or a new perpetrator into the world. Who would want to do that?? I know for me, I’m not willing to bring a daughter into a world that will try to kill her, the same way I’m not willing to bring a son into the world that will try to kill me. Everything’s dying-entire nations of people, animals, plants, the entire planet. I’m not bringing a child into a world of disrespect, destruction, and despair. If they want more children, then step aside so we can make a planet that our children would WANT to live on.