> But demographers have long shown that what really counts is girls’ education.

That makes sense. I know that having less people is not a good thing, but I was brought up with the "impending population crisis" thing drilled into my head, so it's difficult for me to be alarmed.

I'm also all for getting women into parity with men. I know that there are a lot of men that will say that this is a bad thing, but I was raised amongst a lot of extremely capable women.

I feel that we need to support parents, if we want more kids. Right now, in the US, having kids is economically devastating, and there's almost no support from the government. I'll bet India is worse (but I could be wrong).

I feel that nature has controls built in. We see it all the time, in other species. I feel that if we drop too far down, the switch will be turned back on again.

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miroljub 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> I'm also all for getting women into parity with men. I know that there are a lot of men revealing recessive neanderthal genes, that will say that this is a bad thing, but I'm afraid those genes seem to have skipped me.

You understand that your statement here is very racist? You basically dehumanize people you don't agree with and describe them as lower beings. Basically Untermenschen?

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hilariously 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If you think that was a comment on indian genes, take a step back and read it again. Its a farcical comment about how men do not treat women equally and those who don't are recessive morons.

It's highly ironic to say "its dehumanizing!!" to say to a man that his treatment of women makes him a lesser being with the amount of abuse, neglect, and forced labor women are expected to take on by the men "dehumanized" here.

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kaan0200 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think he's making a sarcastic statement about the revealing of sexist men, who think that, "because they are men, they are superior" when reality is just balancing out the ingrained sexism in all of our societies.

He's not even talking about race, so, not racist?

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ChrisMarshallNY 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Racist? I agree that it's not a particularly nice thing to say, and I'll change it, to avoid triggering people, but this is a new definition of the word "racist." Thanks for educating me.

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chipsrafferty 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's racist to say that people who don't believe women should have equal rights and opportunities and are equally capable as men - are neanderthals?

	▲	ChrisMarshallNY 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You're right. It insults neanderthals, who we are learning were surprisingly advanced.