@elonmusk@jeffreyweichsel I don’t think people are choosing career or hedonism over having children. I think they are responding to the reality they live in. For many women the question is not whether they want a child but whether they will be safe if something goes wrong during pregnancy and whether they
@elonmusk@jeffreyweichsel for women, mothers, their babies and especially daughters!!! That isn’t about pleasure or selfishness, it’s about protection, responsibility and stability. If societies want people to have more children, they need to make parenthood safe, supported and fair, instead of
@elonmusk@jeffreyweichsel role. When women’s rights are unstable or openly attacked, like what is happening in Poland, the decision to have and raise a child becomes deeply political. I would love to raise my daughter in my home country, but right now I don’t feel it is a safe or supportive environment
@elonmusk@jeffreyweichsel still have the right to choose. On top of that motherhood very often means losing years on the career ladder, income, independence and long-term security, and that is not a personal preference but a structural cost that women pay almost automatically. Politics also plays a huge