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	<title>The Death of Birth — Our Dismal Fertility Rates</title>
	<link>http://thedeathofbirth.net</link>
	<description>Through Collapsed Fertility Rates, We Are Self-Exterminating</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Soap Operas and the Death of Birth in Brazil</title>
		<link>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/04/17/soap-operas-and-the-death-of-birth-in-brazil/</link>
		<comments>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/04/17/soap-operas-and-the-death-of-birth-in-brazil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Causes of Collapsed Fertility Rates]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As is the case in many developing countries, the fertility rate in Brazil has seen a dramatic collapse over the last several decades. According to researchers at the London-based Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), soap operas are at least partly to blame. One of the study&#8217;s authors, Eliana La Ferrara of the CEPR and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Kingdom: Breakdown of Male-Female Relationships and the Devastation of Society</title>
		<link>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/04/09/united-kingdombreakdown-of-male-female-relationships-and-the-devastation-of-society/</link>
		<comments>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/04/09/united-kingdombreakdown-of-male-female-relationships-and-the-devastation-of-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Breakdown of Traditional Male-Female Relations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Population Aging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[crime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fertility rate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[marriage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[population]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wales]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
“Since marriage constitutes slavery for women, it is clear that the Women&#8217;s Movement must concentrate on attacking this institution. Freedom for women cannot be won without the abolition of marriage.”
— Sheila Cronan, Radical Feminism “Marriage,&#8221; Koedt, Levine, and Rapone, eds., HarperCollins, 1973, p. 219
Recent events have addressed the breakdown of male-female relationships and the resultant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recent Reports on Male Birth Control</title>
		<link>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/04/01/recent-reports-on-male-birth-control/</link>
		<comments>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/04/01/recent-reports-on-male-birth-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Men's Role]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[birth control]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[male birth control]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This last week has seen a plethora of news about male birth control (MBC). A hormonal contraceptive, composed of testosterone and progestin — a synthetic form of progesterone, was reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &#38; Metabolism. The pill, taken once a day, reportedly has a 98% efficacy, the same as female birth control pills. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Coming Acceleration of Population Aging</title>
		<link>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/03/24/the-coming-acceleration-of-population-aging/</link>
		<comments>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/03/24/the-coming-acceleration-of-population-aging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Population Aging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fertility rate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[population]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/03/24/the-coming-acceleration-of-population-aging/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wolfgang Lutz is a highly respected demographer specializing in the sub-field of fertility rates. With co-authors Warren Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov he has published an article in Nature magazine (vol. 451, pp. 716-719, February 7, 2008). The piece, titled “The coming acceleration of global population aging, examines the aging that will occur worldwide over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China: Aging Amid Population Explosion</title>
		<link>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/03/16/china-aging-amid-population-explosion/</link>
		<comments>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/03/16/china-aging-amid-population-explosion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Causes of Collapsed Fertility Rates]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Population Aging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fertility rate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[population]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 Very much a developing country, despite its recent economic advances, China faces the combined challenges of massive population and rapid aging. The nation&#8217;s one-child policy, often eased in individual cases, has led to a below-replacement fertility rate of 1.75. Nevertheless, the population continues to rise as it ages.
According to Professor Wang Feng, professor of sociology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Korea&#8217;s Baby Boom: Does It Really Exist?</title>
		<link>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/03/10/south-koreas-baby-boom-does-it-really-exist/</link>
		<comments>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/03/10/south-koreas-baby-boom-does-it-really-exist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Attempts to Fix the Problem]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A hearty dose of caution is in order, when considering today’s so-called baby booms. Numerous governments have both introduced and increased payments to couples and, in some cases, single women for having children. Needless to say, little time passes before politicians start to trumpet their &#8220;successes.&#8221; When there is any true success, it’s generally a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More on Robotics and a Lonely, Aging Society</title>
		<link>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/03/03/more-on-robotics-and-a-lonely-aging-society/</link>
		<comments>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/03/03/more-on-robotics-and-a-lonely-aging-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Attempts to Fix the Problem]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[elderly]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fertility rate]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[robot]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to research, appearing in the March issue of the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, robotic dogs may prove to be as effective as real dogs, when it comes to assuaging the loneliness of the elderly.




Readers of The Death of Birth may have seen this post on robotics, in which it was reported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The $4 Trillion Headache and What the Government Isn&#8217;t Doing about It.</title>
		<link>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/02/24/the-4-trillion-headache-and-what-the-government-isnt-doing-about-it/</link>
		<comments>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/02/24/the-4-trillion-headache-and-what-the-government-isnt-doing-about-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you noticed how the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) so often predicts near term federal deficits to be followed by surpluses beyond the current or even the next presidential term? Have you also noticed that those surpluses almost never arrive? And have you noticed that, when the forecasted federal fiscal boom fails to materialize, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Demographic Winter: The Movie</title>
		<link>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/02/16/demographic-winter-the-movie/</link>
		<comments>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/02/16/demographic-winter-the-movie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Feb 2008 20:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new movie, "Demographic Winter: The Decline of the Human Family" will detail how fallen fertility rates will lead to grave economic and social hardships.]]></description>
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		<title>ASIMO the Magnificent: A Japanese Solution to Dismal Fertility Rates?</title>
		<link>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/02/10/asimo-the-magnificent-a-japanese-solution-to-dismal-fertility-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/02/10/asimo-the-magnificent-a-japanese-solution-to-dismal-fertility-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 00:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Ways of Dealing with the Building Crises]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thedeathofbirth.net/2008/02/10/asimo-the-magnificent-a-japanese-solution-to-dismal-fertility-rates/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Japanese are now acutely aware that their anemic fertility rates have caused extreme population aging and the start of a catastrophic population collapse. To deal with the situation, they are turning, in part, to robots such as ASIMO.]]></description>
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