DAVIA Press Release – Mounting Criticism of Feminist Policies as Fertility Rates Continue to Plummet

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Another
great
press
release
from
DAVIA.
You
can
find
it
on
their
web
site
here:

https://endtodv.org/pr/mounting-criticism-of-feminist-policies-as-fertility-rates-continue-to-plummet/

or
find
all
of
their
press
releases
here

Press Room

Mounting
Criticism
of
Feminist
Policies
as
Fertility
Rates
Continue
to
Plummet

July
1,
2024
–
Global
fertility
rates
have
been
falling
since
1950,
with
the
decline
accelerating
in
the
1960s.
Experts
are
now
issuing
apocalyptic
warnings
about
the
dire
effects
of
falling
birth
rates.
As
a
result,
feminist
policies
that
seek
to
persuade
women
to
avoid
child-bearing
are
facing
sharp
criticism.

Recently

The
Lancet

published
a
study
that
reported
46%
of
countries
currently
have
a
fertility
rate
below
replacement
level,
and
that
number
will
increase
to
97%
by
2100.
This
means
by
the
end
of
the
century,
the
population
of
almost
every
country
in
the
world
will
be
in
decline
(1).

In
the
United
States
for
example,
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control
reported
the
fact
that
in
2023,
the
U.S.
fertility
rate
fell
to
1.7
babies
per
woman
(2).
Demographers
say
fertility
needs
to
be
at
least
2.1
babies
for
a
country’s
population
to
replace
itself.

Experts
say
such
declines
will
have
catastrophic
consequences.

The

Lancet

study
predicts,
“These
future
trends
in
fertility
rates
and
livebirths
will
completely
reconfigure
the
global
economy
and
the
international
balance
of
power
and
will
necessitate
reorganizing
societies.”
(3)

The
decline
in
fertility
rates
can
be
attributed
in
large
part
to
lower
marriage
rates
(4).
As
a
result,
Canada,
South
Korea,
Singapore,
Japan,
and
many
European
countries
have
begun
to
implement
pro-marriage
and
pro-natal
policies.
But
such
policies
are
expensive
and
have
limited
effectiveness
(5).

So
lawmakers
seeking
to
boost
fertility
need
to
come
to
terms
with
the
dictates
of
feminist
ideology,
which
embraces
the
Marxist
view
that
marriage
is
an
institution
that
is
oppressive
to
women
(6).

In
pursuit
of
this
goal,
feminist
activists
disseminate
talking
points
designed
to
persuade
women
to
avoid
marriage:

1.
“A
marriage
license
is
a
hitting
license”
—
In
truth,
married
persons
enjoy
far
lower
rates
of
domestic
violence,
compared
to
persons
in
a
dating
relationship
(7).

2.
“Only
men
are
abusive”
–
This
factoid
is
disproven
by
hundreds
of
studies
that
show
partner
abuse
is
an
equal
opportunity
problem
for
men
and
women
alike
(8).

Now,
feminism
is
facing
mounting
criticism
(9).
Last
week,
Ayaan
Hirsi
Ali
penned
a
stinging
rebuke
of
the
paradoxes
of
feminism.
The
former
Dutch
lawmaker
spotlighted
the
plight
of
Lizzy
who
wants
to
have
children,
but
finds
herself
hectored
by
feminists
who
insist
“children
will
only
burden
her,
ruining
her
body
and
career
prospects.”
(10)

Ali
concludes,
“A
happy
marriage
is
the
fundamental
unit
of
a
healthy
society…For
the
health
of
the
body
politic,
marital
cooperation
has
to
be
reflected
on
a
large
scale.
Only
then
will
families
grow
and
flourish,
birth
rates
stabilize,
and
the
collective
mental
health
crisis
ease.”

Lawmakers
now
face
a
stark
decision:
Promote
the
fact
that
married
women
are
healthier
and
happier,
compared
to
their
single
sisters
(11).
Or
continue
to
embrace
feminist-driven
policies
that
seek
to
sideline
and
eventually
end
the
nuclear
family.

Because
societies
that
do
not
sustain
their
numbers
eventually
end
up
in
the
dustbin
of
history.

The
Domestic
Abuse
and
Violence
International
Alliance
–
DAVIA
—
consists
of
147
member
organizations
from
36
countries
in
Africa,
Asia,
Australia,
Europe,
Latin
America,
and
North
America.
DAVIA
seeks
to
ensure
that
domestic
violence
and
abuse
polices
are
science-based,
family-affirming,
and
sex-inclusive.

http://endtodv.org/davia/