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No kids on the block

2025/3/20
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Noel King: 全球生育率下降是一个复杂的问题,引发了广泛的讨论和担忧。生育率下降的原因有很多,包括经济因素、社会文化变化以及政策等。 Rachel Cohen: 美国生育率下降的原因包括经济压力,以及像Elon Musk和J.D. Vance这样的公众人物对生育率下降的担忧。同时,民主党也开始关注家庭政策,以期提升生育率。 Alice Evans: 生育率下降的核心问题是单身人数的增加,这与科技发展和社会文化变化有关。高度吸引人的网络娱乐导致人们越来越多的独处时间,这影响了人们建立人际关系的能力,从而导致生育率下降。解决生育率下降的核心问题是促进人们的社交和建立关系,可以通过建立社区团体和活动来实现。 Rachel Cohen: 全球生育率下降是一个令人担忧的趋势,它可能对经济和社会福利体系产生负面影响。虽然一些人认为高昂的生活成本和缺乏社会支持是生育率下降的原因,但这并不能完全解释这一全球性现象。我们需要更多数据来了解女性是否真的想要更多孩子,以及是否有障碍阻止她们生育。 Alice Evans: 我的研究表明,单身人数的增加与生育率下降密切相关。人们结婚的原因历史上主要有三种:爱情、金钱和社会地位。社会自由化和经济发展使得人们对婚姻的依赖性降低,人们对伴侣的选择更加注重爱情和兼容性。然而,高度吸引人的网络娱乐对人们社交和建立关系造成了影响,导致人们越来越多的独处时间,从而影响了人们建立人际关系的能力。 Noel King: 政府干预生育问题,可能会引发关于个人选择和身体自主权的争议。如果政策无法提高生育率,政府可能会采取更强硬的措施来控制女性生育。Musk和Vance等人的言论可能会导致人们对控制女性生育的观点更加开放。

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The pro-natalism movement argues that people need to have more babies. Some want to prevent economic implosion, others want to protect traditional family values. And some of the loudest voices in the movement are now in the White House.

This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Jolie Myers and Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King.

Further reading: The movement desperately trying to get people to have more babies). Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast

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SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk holding one of his children on his shoulders. Photo by Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu via Getty Images.

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