We are seeing an uptick in news stories about the decline in human population in developed nations. Across the world, women are passively saying no to children with their bodies. We are doing the cost benefit analysis, and marriage and motherhood are coming up short every time. Women are working long hours then coming home to be the main parent, house cleaner, schedule organizer, and a thousand different jobs that are “invisible” to their husbands. The men just not stepping up. The men in our lives would rather work their wife to the bone then take an active role in the domestic sphere. Why? I don’t really know. Do they think this extra work is built into women’s DNA? Do they feel entitled to women’s labor? Are they abusive? I personally believe that men are raised to play the “masculine” role which naturally devalues women and keeps men in the one up position. Keeping his wife exhausted helps keep him sharp, rested and ready to focus on his career, gaming or whatever is important to him.

Now women are waking up to this imbalance and seeing how this type of arrangement unfairly burdens them. We are collectively and quietly decentering men from our lives. These men want all the advantages of patriarchy without the burden of being an actual patriarch. Let’s take a look at China. The government creates a one-child policy in an extremely patriarchal society and what happens? Anywhere from 30-60 million baby girls were aborted or killed directly after birth. 30-60 million. Now, surprise surprise, a few years later there is a huge demand for wives and a short supply of women. What do Chinese men do? Do they try and become the best partner to win the hearts of these women? No, of course not, they try and neg them into marriage and break their spirits with social pressure and brain washing. Calling unmarried women past 25 years old “Christmas cakes” and “leftover” women. These women are still saying no! Same in Japan. There is huge decline in children as women are expected to do 99.9% of the housework, childcare, cook for her family and hold down a job. Japan is in a negative population growth now. Women are quietly waging a war against these unfair patriarchal systems.

Men’s laziness and entitlement has created a world where women can either opt-in to the slavery of endless burdens of the domestic sphere or opt out and be free. More and more women are opting out. Worldwide women are saying it’s fine, CALL ME an old maid. CALL ME a spinster, crazy cat lady, or leftover women. I would rather be called a spinster then called your wife. Will men course correct and become actual partners to women before it’s too late? Will they see our bodies are the conduit to life and humanity? Or will women just have to keep passively voting no with our bodies and someday quietly, end men once and for all?