Will they talk about the biological fact of plunging sperm counts.
And the ever increasing fertility problems of men and women.
Doesn't look like it. Societal issues aren't the whole story.
#r4today
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
And the ever increasing fertility problems of men and women.
Doesn't look like it. Societal issues aren't the whole story.
#r4today
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
‘Spermageddon’: is the world facing a male reproductive crisis?
Reports of falling sperm counts and testosterone levels have fuelled fears over chemicals, pollution and modern lifestyles. But how much do scientists agree on what is affecting male fertility?
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Will they talk about the biological fact of plunging sperm counts.
And the ever increasing fertility problems of men and women.
Doesn't look like it. Societal issues aren't the whole story.
#r4today
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
And the ever increasing fertility problems of men and women.
Doesn't look like it. Societal issues aren't the whole story.
#r4today
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
ebx.sh
September 24, 2026 at 10:45 AM
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
Finally, some good news! 🥳
‘Spermageddon’, housing, a romance famine…
“The wave of childlessness that is sweeping the 🌎 is extraordinary,” she writes. In 🇮🇪, the fertility rate is 1.5 children per woman, while 2025 UK figure of 1.39 is the lowest on record.'
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pa...
‘Spermageddon’, housing, a romance famine…
“The wave of childlessness that is sweeping the 🌎 is extraordinary,” she writes. In 🇮🇪, the fertility rate is 1.5 children per woman, while 2025 UK figure of 1.39 is the lowest on record.'
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pa...
'Spermageddon', housing, a romance famine: Why people are having fewer babies
Author Camilla Cavendish explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
www.irishexaminer.com
September 23, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Finally, some good news! 🥳
‘Spermageddon’, housing, a romance famine…
“The wave of childlessness that is sweeping the 🌎 is extraordinary,” she writes. In 🇮🇪, the fertility rate is 1.5 children per woman, while 2025 UK figure of 1.39 is the lowest on record.'
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pa...
‘Spermageddon’, housing, a romance famine…
“The wave of childlessness that is sweeping the 🌎 is extraordinary,” she writes. In 🇮🇪, the fertility rate is 1.5 children per woman, while 2025 UK figure of 1.39 is the lowest on record.'
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/pa...
While I do dunk on USAmerican animation a lot, it should be noted that this is what Norway is getting up to on the animation front, so I'm not speaking from a position of like, presumed national superiority or anything.
September 23, 2026 at 11:03 AM
While I do dunk on USAmerican animation a lot, it should be noted that this is what Norway is getting up to on the animation front, so I'm not speaking from a position of like, presumed national superiority or anything.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Couldn't have put it better myself
Couldn't have put it better myself
It’s not just ‘spermageddon’ that’s stopping us having children | Letters
Letters: Aubrey Foard and Nina Plummer respond to Zoe Williams’s interview with Camilla Cavendish about the reasons behind plummeting birthrates worldwide
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2026 at 10:13 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Couldn't have put it better myself
Couldn't have put it better myself
For Farage
We might be "quite close to a moment where countries will start desperately competing for immigrants. It’s perfectly possible that we will flip, precisely because our welfare systems can’t sustain this population pyramid.”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
We might be "quite close to a moment where countries will start desperately competing for immigrants. It’s perfectly possible that we will flip, precisely because our welfare systems can’t sustain this population pyramid.”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2026 at 9:40 AM
For Farage
We might be "quite close to a moment where countries will start desperately competing for immigrants. It’s perfectly possible that we will flip, precisely because our welfare systems can’t sustain this population pyramid.”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
We might be "quite close to a moment where countries will start desperately competing for immigrants. It’s perfectly possible that we will flip, precisely because our welfare systems can’t sustain this population pyramid.”
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
State population control is creepy and a violation of rights, but we should be happy this is happening by choice. But unhappy about the reasons: loneliness, neoliberal austerity, insecurity. Can we improve people’s lives without all the roads, pointless work, and excess consumption?
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:26 PM
State population control is creepy and a violation of rights, but we should be happy this is happening by choice. But unhappy about the reasons: loneliness, neoliberal austerity, insecurity. Can we improve people’s lives without all the roads, pointless work, and excess consumption?
More on the international fertility crisis. This time from UK Conservative peer Camilla Cavendish and her book Generation Maybe. Some interesting ideas here… www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:19 PM
More on the international fertility crisis. This time from UK Conservative peer Camilla Cavendish and her book Generation Maybe. Some interesting ideas here… www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
“In the hands of strongmen and billionaires, the conversation combines elements of misogyny – authoritarian men getting in women’s business via reproduction – with a newer strain of wealth-supremacy, the right kind of babies to be born to the right kind of people” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 8:43 AM
“In the hands of strongmen and billionaires, the conversation combines elements of misogyny – authoritarian men getting in women’s business via reproduction – with a newer strain of wealth-supremacy, the right kind of babies to be born to the right kind of people” www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 6:06 AM
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
“…geographer Danny Dorling’s book (out next year) takes it global: ‘The last year that people worldwide felt optimistic enough to have more children than the year before was 1989.’ “
Something, likely many things, broke down globally a couple generations back.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Something, likely many things, broke down globally a couple generations back.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:42 AM
“…geographer Danny Dorling’s book (out next year) takes it global: ‘The last year that people worldwide felt optimistic enough to have more children than the year before was 1989.’ “
Something, likely many things, broke down globally a couple generations back.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Something, likely many things, broke down globally a couple generations back.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
This is entirely a good thing. The decision not to have children is important for both personal satisfaction and societal good. Overpopulation is here, and has been for a couple of decades. Malthus was right. He was just early.
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 11:42 PM
This is entirely a good thing. The decision not to have children is important for both personal satisfaction and societal good. Overpopulation is here, and has been for a couple of decades. Malthus was right. He was just early.
The irrational alarmism around spermageddon is absurd. The article says we havent seen declines like this since the Black Death. Nope. During the Black Death 30-50% of Europes population was wiped out. No such thing is happening when the overall pop is growing or decling by natural means. Absurd
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 8:41 PM
The irrational alarmism around spermageddon is absurd. The article says we havent seen declines like this since the Black Death. Nope. During the Black Death 30-50% of Europes population was wiped out. No such thing is happening when the overall pop is growing or decling by natural means. Absurd
'a techbro conspiracy - the deliberate spread of despondency to suck the life out of collective resistence' www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 8:25 PM
'a techbro conspiracy - the deliberate spread of despondency to suck the life out of collective resistence' www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis
Spermageddon, ‘greedy jobs’ and abject fear: why birth rates are plummeting – and why it matters
ebx.sh
September 17, 2026 at 7:28 PM
The author of Generation Maybe, Camilla Cavendish, explains the many reasons people are having fewer children, from dating apps to unaffordable housing and the climate crisis