The decrease in percentage of married people and significant "less than half of adults are married" mark is certainly an indication of changing times, something that Barbara Kay does not seem to remotely grasp. She states that we are “drying up as a society based on these statistics.” We fortunately do not live in a Stepford Wife society where a woman’s only place is in the home, but in a society that has come to value higher education and learning for both men and women. Yet, when asked how young women are supposed to support themselves “if they give up their career to have a baby so young,” Kay responds, “their husbands should be supporting them.” She goes on to state that “true happiness is taking responsibility... [and] starting your own family...that is something that young people...don’t seem to grasp.” Who is she to say what true happiness is? Though raising a family might be it for some people, what about education, careers, the single life? She is completely ignorant in saying “By not wanting to have more children, by concentrating on the privileges and pleasure of one’s own adult life and choices, one isn’t really thinking about the future at all, only the present.” This has in reality become the exact opposite in today’s world, where overpopulation and dwindling resources are primary problems. A recent article from the Globe and Mail (April 21, 2007) stressed the importance of this point, and was printed with the attention grabbing headline “Don’t Have Children, Save the World.” Kay is clearly a “selective listener” to topics such as these, choosing to live in an old fashioned world and blocking out the new standards our society has come to ideal. To read the article "Don't Have Children, Save the World," click here:
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