In some places, the birth rate is so low that each generation is set to be half the size of the previous one. Historically, falling birth rates have accompanied increases in women’s education and autonomy. Now that birth rates have fallen below replacement, however, calls to reverse the decline can sound like attacks on feminism itself. Under her framework, rising equality for women helped bring birth rates down, and only more equality will get them back up. The post A Popular Explanation for Low Birth Rates Has a Big Problem appeared first on The Atlantic.