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		bregma on June 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ignoring boys' emotional needs fuels public health... > Birth rates are plummeting everywhere. Birth rates are plummeting in many first-world countries but it's skyrocketing in most places.

oblio on June 26, 2023 [–]

Nope. Sky rocketing would mean that the numbers were low previously and are increasing now. Birth rates are still high in a small number of countries but even there they're lower than they were in the 60s.

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