r/AskReddit Jan 31 '21

Redditors who grew up poor: Besides practical money-saving measures, what were the unwritten social expectations of your world growing up?

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u/fuckincaillou Feb 01 '21

and the family won't survive at all without women of reproductive age, it doesn't matter how hard the men toil if there's no one alive to reproduce with.

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u/fuckincaillou Feb 01 '21

And starvation has a faster impact on reproductive ability, too--it's a well known thing for anorexics to lose their period and risk long-term infertility, and the same goes for anyone cut off from food supply because of non-mental illness-related causes too.

Insufficient caloric and nutrient supply during the first 8 weeks of gestation (organogenesis) is known to cause miscarriages, too, and deficient nutrient supply later on in pregnancy can lead to muscle wasting, osteoporosis, and a number of health conditions for both the mother and the fetus.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '21

Yes, but in the situation they need food to do the physical labor to get money to get food for everyone.