Family Values and Fertility Rates

Canada Free Press ^ | 04/08/15 | Sierra Rayne

[Sean_Anthony]

Liberal mainstream media attacks on family values built on rather dubious foundations

The attacks on “family values” in the liberal mainstream media seem never-ending. And yet, when we look rigorously at the data the anti-family value advocates use to support their claims, we often find the liberal attacks are built on rather dubious foundations.

A recent article in the Globe and Mail newspaper proclaims that “‘it turns out ‘family values’ are bad for families.” This shocking conclusion is followed up by the core insight that “‘[t]he way to have more and better families today is to get far away from ‘family values.’”

The article is in large part based on research from France, and then presented in Canada, which found that “the most ‘feminist’ countries, the ones that do the most to get women out of the home and into the economy, are the ones with the healthiest fertility rates.” The core of the study appears to hinge on a plot (which readers can see for themselves on page 12 of the presentation linked to above) showing a strong positive correlation between “female employment rate, 25-54 years [old]” and the total fertility rate (TFR) among a list of 16 selected countries—and using 2010 data.

[InterceptPoint]

In a nutshell:

Women go to work in higher numbers.
Women make more money and add to the tax base.
Government has higher revenue.
Politicians have bigger budgets for buying your vote.

A small downside to this liberal plot: women, too busy with their careers, have fewer future taxpayers AKA: babies.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Sounds like a twist on Murphy’s Law.

The day you are up for a promotion is the day you turn up pregnant.

[iacovatx]

Here we see it again—using statistics to tell a little lie. Correlation is not causation but to the LIV, it is as good as proof. That is why ignorance of math and science are such serious vulnerabilities.

[TBP]

FAmilies uphold the traditional mores of society, which progressives need to tear down to achieve their objectives.

[Marie]

I haven’t finished the article yet, but I do want to make this point:

In these countries, it’s not educated, native women who are maintaining fertility rates. It’s Muslim immigrants. The educated, native women are way below the replacement rate.

[InterceptPoint]

In these countries, it’s not educated, native women who are maintaining fertility rates. It’s Muslim immigrants. The educated, native women are way below the replacement rate.
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You are correct. It’s part of the long term plan and will eventually lead to war. Your children and/or your grandchildren will, unfortunately, be the participants. The alternative to that war will be a complete loss of freedom.