France’s Macron Says ‘Educated’ Women Don’t Have Big Families. Educated Mothers Hit Him With Brilliant Response.

French President Emmanuel Macron has landed himself in hot water with “educated” mothers who have chosen to have large families.

The French president’s remarks in late September at the Gates Foundation’s Goalkeepers Summit suggested educated women would never choose to have large families. “One of the critical issues of African demography is that this is not chosen fertility,” he said. “I always say: ‘Present me the lady who decided, being perfectly educated, to have seven, eight or nine children.'”