I think it has more to do with the massive reduction in the reserve labor army in the last few years due to people dying of and becoming disabled by COVID. The remaining labor force is smaller and is therefore better able to negotiate higher wages and better working conditions, while employers are left scrambling to fill empty positions, especially in industries that have historically been awful to work in like retail and food service. Forcing and coercing reproduction will lead to an increased reserve labor army, reduce the power of workers collectively and individually, and reduce the number of workers who are able to participate in disruptive organization (ie unionization) purely due to a lack of surplus time and resources. It also has the effect of oppressing those of us labeled “women” due to our bodies being the means of reproduction, which is a win for the right wing in particular both economically and ideologically.
I feel like “has children” probably correlates with “has stable income”, which makes this classism by another name.
I think the literal opposite is true.
“In 2021, women in households with an income below the poverty threshold had the highest birth rate at 72 births per 1,000 women.”
https://www.statista.com/statistics/562541/birth-rate-by-poverty-status-in-the-us/#:~:text=This statistic shows the birth,72 births per 1%2C000 women.
I think it has more to do with the massive reduction in the reserve labor army in the last few years due to people dying of and becoming disabled by COVID. The remaining labor force is smaller and is therefore better able to negotiate higher wages and better working conditions, while employers are left scrambling to fill empty positions, especially in industries that have historically been awful to work in like retail and food service. Forcing and coercing reproduction will lead to an increased reserve labor army, reduce the power of workers collectively and individually, and reduce the number of workers who are able to participate in disruptive organization (ie unionization) purely due to a lack of surplus time and resources. It also has the effect of oppressing those of us labeled “women” due to our bodies being the means of reproduction, which is a win for the right wing in particular both economically and ideologically.