I wonder if something similar happened in India around the time of the Buddha and Mahavira. There were concerns by the ruling classes that monasticism was getti

I wonder if something similar happened in India around the time of the Buddha and Mahavira. There were concerns by the ruling classes that monasticism was getting too popular, which led to "compromise" guidance being popularized that men were supposed to perform the householder role when they were younger, and only adopt the monastic lifestyle once they were done raising children, as a kind of retirement. Maybe a sex imbalance played a role.