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Going on the title, I think it's to blame men.

the lesson of 2016 is that gender conflict gets clicks

A negative result is still a result, but it would be better if they didn't work so hard to prove Betteridge's Law correct while they were at it.

It seems pretty straight forward that the birth control pill, and the increased expectations for women to enter the workforce that came with the feminist wave to follow, is what tanked birth rates.

The birth rate dropped off quickly after the pill was approved by the FDA in 1960.

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/usa/uni...

With more workers, wages get suppressed. With more single person households, housing prices go up as supply is strained. Dual income households becoming the norm means increased childcare costs.

It all seems connected, but it seems few want to talk about it... so we end up with articles like this about people desperately trying to blame it on men not doing dishes.