In case you missed it last night, my latest Ribbonfarm posthttps://twitter.com/sarahdoingthing/status/698026488944177153 …
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@KevinSimler related thought - prestige was so reliably a path to reproduction that prestige-seeking outweighs/subsumes reproductive drive
@sarahdoingthing That feels plausibly right to me. And the key change was the new path to prestige, i.e., education?
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@sarahdoingthing Have you seen this from the Durants' Lessons of History? I'm not entirely sure what to make of itpic.twitter.com/gWqdO4VXq1
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@KevinSimler@sarahdoingthing Isn’t this explained here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZ0ZUy7P3E … - 2 more replies
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@KevinSimler@sarahdoingthing women being allowed in school gives them access to prestige in a less competitive environment -
@KevinSimler@sarahdoingthing but still competitive enough that having babies sabotages your chance to advance - 3 more replies
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@KevinSimler@sarahdoingthing I think that gets the timeline backwards? No time to check right now though. -
@TristanSevers@KevinSimler nope, fertility transition starts in New England & parts of France in the late 18th century & follows education - 3 more replies
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@KevinSimler yes, and it goes along with democracy and the myth of social mobilityThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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