Plummeting Birth Rates Could Lead To A Hyper Liberal Future
A study, Experimental and cross-cultural evidence that parenthood and parental care motives increase social conservatism, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, researched whether parenthood had an influence on social attitudes. The aim was to understand the origins of divisive social attitudes on issues such as abortion, immigration and sex. Before now, the impact of parenthood on social and political attitudes has not been widely investigated. Prior to undertaking the study, researchers hypothesized that people “more invested” in parental care may be more drawn to conservative policies....