poll 1 of 2: what's your ~gender | do you want to or already have kids?
- ~male | yes kids58.2%
- ~male | no kids22.4%
- ~female | yes kids11.2%
- ~female | no kids8.2%
1,208 votesFinal results
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Conversation
poll 2 of 2: what's your ~gender | do you feel like your social environment is pressuring you to have kids or not to have kids (let's count neutral as "no")
e.g. do you feel like if you told your friends you wanted to have kids that they'd be supportive or make fun of you
- ~male | yes kids32.3%
- ~male | no kids45.4%
- ~female | yes kids10%
- ~female | no kids12.3%
659 votesFinal results
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higher male ratio for pressure to have kids?? :0
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there's very high pressures on female employees (and *especially* academics and startup founders) to not have kids - VCs and tenure committees are known for believing that having kids is seen as a detraction from a career
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