YouTuber Stefan Molyneux blasted for telling women to 'get married young' and have their babies
Described as a 'far-right Canadian podcaster and YouTuber', Stefan Molyneux has made a comment regarding fertility that has not sat well with the Twittersphere.
Twitter is a place to share your thoughts with the world, but one needs to be aware as soon as you hit 'tweet', you put yourself at risk of going viral for your opinions.
A man has come under fire on social media after sharing some rather unhelpful fertility advice for women on Twitter. His name is Stefan Molyneux and he's the host of Freedomain Radio. He took to Twitter to encourage women to "listen to Mother Nature".
He explained that women should tie the knot young, pop babies out, then worry about their career. As expected, his message wasn't well received - myself included.
"Ladies, by the time you are 30, 90 percent of your eggs are dead. Get married young, have your babies, THEN have your career. You have 40 years to work if you want to, you only have a short time to have children. Listen to Mother Nature - she loves you and wants you to be happy," his tweet read.
Ladies, by the time you are 30, 90% of your eggs are dead.
— Stefan Molyneux (@StefanMolyneux) July 30, 2019
Get married young, have your babies, THEN have your career.
You have 40 years to work if you want to, you only have a short time to have children.
Listen to Mother Nature - she loves you and wants you to be happy. :)
Tweeps were fueled with rage after reading his tweet, and to be honest, I don't blame them. Check some of them below:
Not true. At 39 I went thru Invitro. 21 eggs. 19 fertilized
— Orphaned Annie (@orphaned_annie) July 30, 2019
I had kids when I was 22, 23. It was difficult having them that young. Unsettled. Broke. Nothing to offer them
Having the last two children later, we have $ to spend with them
Have your kids when you can afford them
— Gracie Lai (@graciemlai) August 2, 2019
My eggs just threw up and want you to never speak of them again. And that’s not even scientifically accurate.
— Allison Floyd (@AllisonRFloyd) July 31, 2019
How about you don't try to dictate what women do with their bodies & their careers, Stefan?
— Daddy (@BloodyfasterTV) July 30, 2019
Hi Stefan. I'm 29. I LOVE kids and can't wait to have my own.
— ashnichrist (@ashnichrist) July 31, 2019
But how DARE you convince me that I should do this at a time that will produce a child who can't be properly cared for.
How dare you try to create another statistic out of my future children.
I'm not a fertility specialist, so I can't comment here, but what I can tell you is that ain't NO ONE going to be telling me how to live my life. My life, my body.
Why should we, as women, be defined by stats and our age? I say live and let live. I have many more strong comments to share on this matter, but I'll rather reserve them so I don't waste my breath.
*Drops mic*