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Las mujeres y el apocalipsis - Women and the Apocalypse
Sol Minoldo
Affiliation: El Gato y La Caja Journal. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Keywords: Population, Growth, Humanity, Overpopulation, Birth Control, Demographic explosion
Categories: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
DOI: 10.17160/josha.9.2.809
Languages: Spanish, Castilian
Both overpopulation and extinction would be the (extreme) results of moving away from that equilibrium point in which the population reproduces enough to guarantee its 'replacement': it neither grows nor decreases, but keeps the number of individuals stable by replacing those who die with those who are born. In the past, there was high concern about overpopulation and the goal was greater birth control. However, at least in Europe, things have changed. To the concern of many, fertility rates in some countries are below 2 children per woman. In addition, the demographic explosion of the world human population had nothing to do with an increase in births, but rather with a higher life span. In this article, Sol Minoldo discusses real-life examples that highlight the underlying complexity of the attempts to keep this population replacement rate constant. Ilustradora: Malena Guerrero Fecha de publicación: 5/2/2019 Link a la nota original: https://elgatoylacaja.com/las-mujeres-y-el-apocalipsis/