http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate-uk/2010/03/07/women-the-secret-weapon-against-hunger-and-poverty/ Tue, 21 May 2013 06:48:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate-uk/2010/03/07/women-the-secret-weapon-against-hunger-and-poverty/comment-page-1/#comment-10264 Esther Phillips Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:53:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate-uk/?p=6380#comment-10264 I will be proud to be a woman, even proud to be a Human when we get a grip on our breeding. We are breeding ourselves to extinction along with every other species and we seem to be proud of it. I am starting to climb the walls here. Even though I'd have liked to have children, I am going to take the hit for the kids I would have loved to have and not have any because I would be too ashamed to tell my kids that when I was young, we had roaming tigers, lions, there were plenty of fish in the seas, and there was still a rainforest to speak of. In the 70s we knew what was coming and did nothing to stop it - partly because of our ridiculous religious beliefs. I am afraid it is no longer a case of "the more the merrier". In 30 years time we'll all be dreadfully sorry... I will be proud to be a woman, even proud to be a Human when we get a grip on our breeding.
We are breeding ourselves to extinction along with every other species and we seem to be proud of it.
I am starting to climb the walls here.
Even though I’d have liked to have children, I am going to take the hit for the kids I would have loved to have and not have any because I would be too ashamed to tell my kids that when I was young, we had roaming tigers, lions, there were plenty of fish in the seas, and there was still a rainforest to speak of. In the 70s we knew what was coming and did nothing to stop it – partly because of our ridiculous religious beliefs. I am afraid it is no longer a case of “the more the merrier”. In 30 years time we’ll all be dreadfully sorry…

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