A new British study is fueling the outrage of some women and the heated debates between researchers. According to Satoshi Kanazawa, professor of psychology at the London School of Economics, more a woman is smart, the less she wants to have a child. He explains this in his book “The Intelligence Paradox”, specifying that the desire to procreate would decrease by 25% for every 15 IQ points.
There are several reasons for this trend: professional success which may be hampered by the arrival of a child, or the simple fact of not wanting to. The professor is alarmed by this finding, because he fears that this lack of desire could lead to a detrimental effect on society, namely, less intelligent mothers, and therefore fewer intelligent children. “Kanazawa finds it paradoxical that intelligent women do not have the will to pursue what should be the ultimate goal of their biological existence. He seems to conclude that intelligent women are simply not wise,” indignant the journalist from the Guardian Sadhbh Walshe.
Experts blame Satoshi Kanazawa for using data from the UK’s National Child Development Study without considering the relationship between higher education and the desire to have children.
“Anyone who is really worried about the declining birth rate should support measures like maternity leave, subsidized child care, flexible working hours, affordable health care and so on, to make it easier for women to go to school. women who want children. As for those who don’t, we should be grateful to them because they are smart enough to make the best choice for them and we should stop judging them “, concludes Sadhbh Walshe.
