The Demographical Implications of Feminist Theory

The renovation process along with the deep changes in the different areas of man's individual and social life have caused changes to the family which plays a main role in human life. The social development is among the consequences of these changes which caused human society to encounter a serious challenge. In the second half of recent century, renovation has affected human societies through various factors and cause decrease in child-bearing. One of these factors is fostering the culture of feminism. Using a library-based and document-based method, this paper deals with the demographic arguments of feminism. The findings show that the feminist thought has affected the social development and reduced the level of child-bearing by spreading such ideas, like individualism, negative attitude towards marriage, towards child-bearing and towards the role of the mother, and legalizing abortion and complete sexual freedom, belittling house-work and encouraging women to get higher education and work outside and also encouraging them to redefine women’s identity. It seems that the arguments of feminism have caused new problems for societies and they are rejected because of inconformity with religious teachings and Islamic-Iranian family pattern.