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Duncan's avatar

Great article. Interesting to trace low birthrate as the root cause, rather than a symptom, of estrangement between the sexes. I guess it should be obvious. Raising children together is the main way that men and women co-operate and build trust with each other and depend on each other. By having opposite sex children you also gain a true love and interest in the future welfare of someone of the opposite sex. Without this link, men and women don't have much in common. When women are denied their natural primary role of raising children, it is inevitable that they would become preoccupied with taking over the male role, making the sexes competitors instead of allies.

PS. I don't mean to quibble but I noticed that you used the recent propaganda term "gender" when you really mean "sex". This term was specifically repurposed and promoted by bad actors who are seeking to divorce sexual identity and roles from biological reality. I don't think there is any reason to use the word gender, unless you are discussing issues around transvestites.

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Christopher Renner's avatar

There's a structural change that I think would do a lot to negate the effect of post-familialism on governance: in addition to their own votes, allow parents to cast an extra ballot for each of their minor children.

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