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World scientists’ warning: The behavioural crisis driving ecological overshoot [PDF]
Science Progress, 2023 Previously, anthropogenic ecological overshoot has been identified as a fundamental cause of the myriad symptoms we see around the globe today from biodiversity loss and ocean acidification to the disturbing rise in novel entities and climate change.
Joseph J Merz +10 more
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Challenging Pronatalism Is Key to Advancing Reproductive Rights and a Sustainable Population
The Journal of Population and Sustainability, 2023 Social and environmental justice organisations have silenced discourse on human overpopulation due to fear of any association with reproductive coercion, but in doing so they have failed to acknowledge the oppressive role of pronatalism in undermining ...
Nandita Bajaj, Kirsten Stade
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Fragile Pronatalism and Reproductive Futures in European Post‐Socialist Contexts
Social Inclusion, 2022 This editorial seeks to define fragile pronatalism by highlighting why pronatalism in the examined Central and Eastern European post‐socialist countries should be considered fragile. Moreover, it aims to map desirable future changes in fertility policies
Ivett Szalma +3 more
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Social SciencesThis paper examines the historical relationship between Shi’i jurisprudence and the Islamic Republic of Iran’s reproductive biopolitics. Using archival methods, the paper looks into the similarities and differences between religious interpretations and ...
Ladan Rahbari
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Womanhood bound to motherhood: Choosing childlessness in Türkiye [PDF]
BMC PsychologyThis article aims to evaluate the subjective experiences of voluntarily childless Turkish women, and based on the data collected through in-depth interviews where [a] what it means for them to be a childless woman, [b] what the motivations behind ...
Ayşegül Aracı İyiaydın, Ayça Ergun
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Is Japan Pronatalism Justified? Fear of Hinoeuma Women and Sex Selection
Sexes, 2023 Japan, having had the longest isolationist policy in the world, is averse to options, such as migration to increase the population. What kinds of pronatalist policies to increase fertility and lower the population’s age are ethical?
Shizuko Takahashi, Eisuke Nakazawa
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Social InclusionThis study explores how social and political factors shape attitudes toward medically assisted reproduction in Hungary, focusing on the selective pronatalist policies that prioritize middle‐class, heteronormative families while marginalizing LGBTQ ...
Ivett Szalma, Lóránt Pélyi
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“I Kind of Want to Want”: Women Who Are Undecided About Becoming Mothers [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 This study focuses on women who define themselves as being undecided about becoming mothers. It addresses the question of how these women navigate their lives between two main conflicting cultural directives and perceptions: pronatalism and familism ...
Orna Donath +3 more
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The wrongs of negative pronatalism
npj Women's HealthIn this article, I claim that pronatalist policies that not only reward those who have (more) children, but penalize those who do not, constitute what I call negative pronatalism.
J. Y. Lee
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Beyond parenthood: A comprehensive narrative review of voluntary childlessness in contemporary India [PDF]
Indian Journal of PsychiatryBackground: Voluntary childlessness—the conscious decision by individuals or couples to remain childfree—is an increasingly visible yet underexplored phenomenon in India.
Lija Prince +2 more
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