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> [...] that results in city-dwelling populations dominated by women(often single) and rural population dominated by men(also single). I'd love to live in a pl

by dozzie 9y ago

> [...] that results in city-dwelling populations dominated by women(often single) and rural population dominated by men(also single). I'd love to live in a place where this were true. Which cities exactly have such thing going on? > Also there's a social stigma connected to being a woman over 30 who is still single/childless. Or is there? Also, either there is stigma for being single woman or there are vast numbers of single women. Both at the same time cannot be true in even somewhat stable system, and it's hard to argue that Polish cities are in total chaos. > Lastly in post-soviet countries men commit suicide significantly more often than women - often early in life - which further skewes the gender ratio. Yes, because suicide is a primary or at least a major reason that men die (or die young).

Tade0 9y ago
You're ignoring a lot of subtelties here. > I'd love to live in a place where this were true. Which cities exactly have such thing going on? Warsaw is a great example, but ironically these womens' standards are pretty high - all in all they didn't leave their 30k-something-souls towns for the Big City to marry a man who doesn't enjoy a decent social status himself. > Or is there? Also, either there is stigma for being single woman or there are vast numbers of single women. Both at the same time cannot be true in even somewhat stable system, and it's hard to argue that Polish cities are in total chaos. Anecdata: my sister was born in 86' and is currently single and childless, just like a few of her friends. On one hand they're pressured to do something about this, on the other there aren't many eligible bachelors available because well, they're taken. This song[0] illustrates this point beautifully. Hell, the problem is so visible right now that a TV show dedicated to making couples out of (most of the time)well-off farmers and city-dwelling women[1] was created. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-gfxjAaZg0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-gfxjAaZg0 [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/FremantleMediaPoland https://www.youtube.com/user/FremantleMediaPoland

by dozzie 9y ago

Tade0 9y ago

You're ignoring a lot of subtelties here. > I'd love to live in a place where this were true. Which cities exactly have such thing going on? Warsaw is a great example, but ironically these womens' standards are pretty high - all in all they didn't leave their 30k-something-souls towns for the Big City to marry a man who doesn't enjoy a decent social status himself. > Or is there? Also, either there is stigma for being single woman or there are vast numbers of single women. Both at the same time cannot be true in even somewhat stable system, and it's hard to argue that Polish cities are in total chaos. Anecdata: my sister was born in 86' and is currently single and childless, just like a few of her friends. On one hand they're pressured to do something about this, on the other there aren't many eligible bachelors available because well, they're taken. This song[0] illustrates this point beautifully. Hell, the problem is so visible right now that a TV show dedicated to making couples out of (most of the time)well-off farmers and city-dwelling women[1] was created. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-gfxjAaZg0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-gfxjAaZg0 [1] https://www.youtube.com/user/FremantleMediaPoland https://www.youtube.com/user/FremantleMediaPoland