Tole sa vam bo zdelo šokantno, toda o takšnih “rešitvah” se – če jih grobo poenostavimo – razpravlja v stroki. To so debate, ki so absolutno politično nekorektne in o katerih se ni primerno javno pogovarjati. Toda kot veste, hkrati s trendom rasti vključevanja žensk v terciarno izobraževanje in zaposlovanja, se je zaradi povečanja ekonomske neodvisnosti ženska zmanjšala stopnja prok, povečala stopnja ločitev in zmanjšala rodnost. To je zelo dobro dokumentirano v strokovni in znanstveni literaturi. In ključni problem danes je, kako spodbuditi rast rodsnosti, brez da bi se evolucijsko vrnili v čase pred žensko emancipacijo. Ni dobrih rešitev. Rešitev ni tudi v tem, da bi moški ostajkali doma, medtem ko bi ženske poskrbele za ekonomsko eksistenco družine. V strokovni literaturi je dokumentirano, kot kaže tudi ta spodnja diskusija, da prenos ekonomske eksistence družine z moških (“blue collar”) na ženske (“pink collar”) ne rešuje problema, ker moški ne morejo pristati na to “nenaravno” vlogo. Evolutivno je moška zaposlenost oziroma vloga “meat providerja” glavni poganjalec rodnosti.

Vse to seveda pomeni, da je problem padajoče rodnosti bistveno bolj kompleksen in da ga je bistveno bolj kompleksno reševati. Ne vem, če kdo pozna dobre rešitve.

Helen Andrews made a point that feels increasingly hard to ignore.

The shift from blue-collar to pink-collar jobs hasn’t just changed the economy; it’s quietly fueling a marriage crisis. Studies on areas hit hard by the China shock showed the sharpest drops in marriage rates happened where men lost stable work. When men aren’t economically flourishing, family formation stalls. You can’t simply swap who brings home the paycheck and expect the same results.

She argues we need more real manufacturing jobs — not just for economic security against China, but because strong male employment is a key driver of the next generation.

This one made me pause. We’ve celebrated the “feminization” of the workforce as progress for decades, but if it’s contributing to fewer marriages and fewer kids, maybe we’re missing something important.

Economies aren’t just about GDP. They’re about people building lives, families, and futures. When the job market stops supporting that for half the population, the downstream effects are massive.

Do you think bringing back more stable manufacturing jobs could help fix the marriage and birth rate decline, or is that too simplistic?