> CB: Regardless of global warming, if the rate of increase of the
> population were slowed, wouldn't that take some pressure off women who are
having
> and caring for all the babies and children ?
John Adams writes:
>I'd have to do the actual demographics to be certain, but I believe
>that would be outweighed by the increased ratio of old to young, which
>results in lots more labor being devoted to care of the old--not to
>improve standards of care, but just to maintain them. Assuming sexism
>isn't solved by that time, the pressure from this will fall
>disproportionately on women.
But the increased lifespan is happening anyway, whether you slow the birthrate or don't. Well, barring senicide. Which, given the prescription drug and pension situations in this country, can't really be ruled out.
Jenny Brown