This episode features Hélène Callas, a natality consultant, discussing France's demographic crisis and the "triple recession" of the parental couple. Callas argues that declining birth rates stem from cultural shifts rather than just economic factors, highlighting how social media and dating apps have gamified romance and fostered a "paradox of choice." The discussion explores how hypergamy, the commodification of intimacy, and contradictory societal messages about gender differences have eroded stable relationships, ultimately hindering the formation of families necessary for societal cont…
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