Load-Bearing Walls: How Denying Biological Reality Harms Us All

Man-made positive laws should follow the laws of nature. This once seemed like common sense. For example, construction codes follow the law of gravity. Home builders must build walls that can withstand the weight of the floor or roof above. Load-bearing walls protect a home’s inhabitants by preventing rooms from collapsing under the force of gravity. Similarly, education policies should follow the laws of biology. Legislators and administrators must ensure that males and females are kept separate in certain spaces and activities. Sex-specific policies protect a school’s students by preventing safety, privacy, and order from collapsing under the force of biology.

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Pro-Natalism Is Not Enough

My husband and I have one little girl and we are expecting our second child at the end of this year, six weeks before our third wedding anniversary. We represent a growing minority among Generation Z. In 1965, five in six adults between the ages of eighteen and thirty-four were, or had been, married. Since 1970, however, the marriage rate has fallen by sixty percent. Today, approximately one-third of Gen Z is on track never to marry, with many preferring to remain in unstable cohabitating arrangements.

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Reframing the Work-Motherhood Tension

In the past few years, there’s been a discussion about whether, and how much, mothers of young children should work outside the home. There are many who argue that women’s professional ambitions should shrink, or at the very least wait a few years, when they start having children.

One ideology that champions stay-at-home motherhood is the so-called “anti-feminist” school of thought, espoused by many socially conservative journalists, academics, and social scientists. And there are many others who rely on data and statistics to prove that the superior choice for a family is to commit to living on one income and that one parent (typically and for many valid reasons, the mother) should agree to forego a career indefinitely while raising children.

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Record low US fertility rate reported with increasing number of adults unlikely to have children

A recent study from the Pew Research Center has unveiled concerning statistics about the fertility rate in the U.S. The research indicates that the fertility rate reached a record low in 2023, with a lesser number of American adults having children. The study reported that about 47 percent of American adults under 50 years state they are not likely to have children, a 10 percent increase from figures recorded in 2018.

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