A review by askoda
Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women's Work by Jenny Brown

4.0

Jenny Brown creates a powerful read with Birth Strike. She unapologetically shines a like light on the fight for representation for women’s (and other caregivers) unpaid labor raising children. Brown heavily focuses on the demands of motherhood, employment, and systematic poverty.

She calls out both United States political parties for making birth control and abortion such a hot topic- while also allowing states to strip proper sex education from their schools.

Brown goes into detail about the plummeting birth rate in developed countries- and why the United States is seeing a drastic drop right now.

She discusses the fears government officials have about these declines. A capitalist society cannot sustain itself if the population doesn’t grow according to Brown.

At times you can feel her anger and fear. What obstacles will stand in our daughters ways? When will we as a society see the “obvious” solutions and actually put them to use? When will the catch-22 end for women? Must we constantly decide between our well being and having children? And if we are to be caught up in the mix… shouldn’t we have proper access to tools so we can have control over our own bodies?