THE SEXUAL REVOLUTION HAS BEEN THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE REVOLUTION
At the heart of Demographic Winter lies the Sexual Revolution – which is usually traced to the 1960s but whose origins lie decades earlier. This sea-change in attitudes and behaviors included first separating sex from childbearing, then from marriage, and finally from love or any sense of commitment. Pornography, premarital sex, promiscuity and perversion were all normalized. Abortion was legalized and, in developed nations, enshrined as a basic human right. Because of the Sexual Revolution’s efforts, not only have individual attitudes toward having children, but also the entire world’s attitude. The plummeting birthrates around the globe are almost sure to bring declining populations, massive economic disruptions, and all the problems stemming from under-population.
A nation's fertility rate is the number of children the average woman has in her lifetime. A fertility rate of 2.1 is needed to replace the current population. A higher rate, and the population will increase, a lower rate, and it will ...
