Stefan MolyneuxVerified account

As a woman, I want to work. I enjoy my work. I'm damn good at my work. I don't want children. I enjoy my life.

Speak to some women in their 40’s who had the same mindset at your age and aks their opinion.

I'm 38, so I'll go with my own opinion, thank you.

You’re right seeking the advice of others who have already lived through that part of their life would be valueless.

Time is very unkind to women. The last generations have forgotten about this. When they realize they will be old and no sane men will want them.

Stefan, by this logic if half a country's population suddenly died then the surviving citizens would see a massive increase in wealth because their wages would double, yet that's obviously not the case. In the case you're describing, output is also increasing, pushing down prices

Actually if half the population suddenly died then consumption would be cut in half too. A more appropriate scenario would be if women decided to go back to staying home, like in the 1950's. Consumption would stay the same, but wages would go up due to the smaller labor pool.

My point was that according to Stefan real wages *should* double, not merely remain the same. Also if consumption were to remain the same while output halves, prices would theoretically double.

The thing is, if women went back to staying home, output would not necessarily halve. I posted a link to a chart that showed how the labor participation rate for women rose and men fell since the 1950's. That is due to the larger labor pool enabling employers to hold down wages.

Gotta agree on how output would not necessarily halve. That depends on what sector of the economy you're talking about and how much that sector can be automated to replace human labor. Robots and computers are cheaper than human labor (in the long run) every time.

It's not only that, though. As women entered the labor force since the 1950's, men left the labor force due to the increase in competition for available jobs so that the change in overall participation rose significantly less than the rise in women's participation.

Women, so far, and as bad as it sounds, have very little to show for the turbulence. No cures. No inventions. No industry. Just millions of broken homes for the tepid goal of mid management. They blame men for the absense of their achievement.

We had this discussion today. Our conclusion was that one parent, be it the man, or woman, should stay home to raise the children. That way you shrink the employee pool and drive wages back up so that the one earner can support the family and the state doesn’t raise your child.

Agree. We need to get rid of gouvernment regulations and taxes asap so that more people can have that option.