Women Caught in "Childfree" Trap
Stephen Shaw - The Winston Marshall Show
Half of women in Britain are childless at 30, half of those will never have a child. That is according to the latest statistics.
A similar story is told across the world. We are facing a crisis of existential proportions. Or so says demographer and filmmaker Stephen J Shaw.
We took a deep dive into his film 'Birthgap', and looked at the unplanned childlessness trap catching women. What are the cultural, economic and philosophical reasons for this change? What can be done about it? Is it too late?
Shaw's terrifying predictions beg another question - why is this being ignored by mainstream media?
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I think putting it all on women is a bit unfair and misguided. Perhaps questioning why women are opting out of relationships during child bearing years.. or choosing pets over children. It’s not that we don’t want to have children, it’s that we haven’t found quality partners. This is anecdotal for myself and many women I know. We now are in a society where we can provide our own financial security, so we need something else or something more from men that maybe wasn’t as much of a requirement in the past. And why aren’t we asking if men will regret being “child free”? If a larger percentage of women aren’t having children that means some men are since it takes both to make a baby. I’m kind of thinking out loud as I type this, just fyi.
I'd just say it's not a trap but if you don't want kids tell your partner, they can then decide to move on and settle down with someone else that wants a family .