"Can I take responsibility for bringing a person to this world who will be part of the apocalypse!?": Ideological dilemmas and concerns for future well-being when bringing the climate crisis into reproductive decision-making.

Bodin, MajaMalmö universitet,Centrum för sexologi och sexualitetsstudier (CSS),Institutionen för socialt arbete (SA),Centre for Sexology & Sexuality Studies, Malmö University (author)

"Can I take responsibility for bringing a person to this world who will be part of the apocalypse!?" : Ideological dilemmas and concerns for future well-being when bringing the climate crisis into reproductive decision-making.

In the wake of the ongoing climate crisis and its negative effects on public health, it has been questioned by climate activists whether it is right to bring more children into the world. Moreover, according to previous scholarship, having one fewer child is the most high-impact lifestyle change individuals in developed countries can make in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But do climate awareness and recommendations to have fewer children have any impact on how lay people reason around reproductive decision-making? In this paper, which is based on focus group discussions with people from different generations, we show how various and sometimes conflicting discourses on reproductive norms and responsibility are negotiated. Even though participants were highly aware of the ongoing discussions around the climate crisis, in the end it had little bearing on their decision to have children or not, and they justified reproduction through addressing other ways to contribute to a better world.

Björklund, Jenny,1974-Uppsala universitet,Centrum för genusvetenskap(Swepub:uu)jbj18995 (author)
Malmö universitetCentrum för sexologi och sexualitetsstudier (CSS) (creator_code:org_t)

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