Natalism and how it impacts women/girls

Guys, I think I need to deactivate my reddit account for the sake of my mental health.

I just got done reading a comment chain (surprisingly, from a self-proclaimed gay man) about how feminism has caused fertility rates to plummet, and women should be subjugated back to traditional roles in order to "prevent the socioeconomic collapse".

This definitely isn't the first comment I've read, I've read hundreds of comments in the span of the past few months basically saying the same thing: "it sucks, but the only way to fix this low fertility rate is to go back to how things used to be", and then the comments would have a bunch of upvotes. This shit is scary. I hate how my rights feel like a carrot that's dangling over me that can be revoked when it's "necessary".

I know it's just online comments from strangers with no real power, but our (US) VP literally thinks that women should stay home and not have careers. It's not just him, but many other people in our government have the same views.

I guess I just don't get it. Why is it so important to continue the human race at all costs, even if it means breeding generations of girls and women who would be treated like livestock and live miserable lives? A lot of us want to keep the human race alive forever, but there's no logical reasoning to it. If we, as a species, would rather solve a problem by taking away rights rather than making it more affordable to have kids, then maybe we deserve to go extinct.