Posted: Apr 16, 2012 9:29 am
by UndercoverElephant
Varangian wrote:
campermon wrote:Educate women and girls.

As in "with an education, they will try to better their lot in life instead of rearing big families"?


That's the theory. Only two problems with it.

(1) It's far too late to expect this strategy to work.
(2) People who better their lot in life nearly always end up using more resources.