Please let us know about the dating and all of that! Natalism is something new on my radar, but as a 43 year old woman who always wanted a family and now has none this hits close to home and yet brings hope that there are others who think like me still. I just couldn’t find my best friend who also could have the masculine qualities to protect, provide, and raise a moral, religious (large!) family with me. I didn’t think it would be that hard, but as I dated it became very clear these men were very different from the men from even a generation before. It still breaks my heart that having a big family becomes less and less of a possibility and even more so seeing how no one else is having large families or now may not be able to have them with sterility on the rise.
I was also struck by the level of normalcy and saneness at the convention. I've been to a lot of niche conventions and there's always "the military vet on disability who has nothing but time and fanaticism" (to quote a friend). But I didn't see any of that here. And yeah, the conversations were all fantastic.
Please let us know about the dating and all of that! Natalism is something new on my radar, but as a 43 year old woman who always wanted a family and now has none this hits close to home and yet brings hope that there are others who think like me still. I just couldn’t find my best friend who also could have the masculine qualities to protect, provide, and raise a moral, religious (large!) family with me. I didn’t think it would be that hard, but as I dated it became very clear these men were very different from the men from even a generation before. It still breaks my heart that having a big family becomes less and less of a possibility and even more so seeing how no one else is having large families or now may not be able to have them with sterility on the rise.
I was also struck by the level of normalcy and saneness at the convention. I've been to a lot of niche conventions and there's always "the military vet on disability who has nothing but time and fanaticism" (to quote a friend). But I didn't see any of that here. And yeah, the conversations were all fantastic.
Good overview. I hope the conference can be a turning point in helping the movement achieve more coherence.