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South Korea provides an evidence that this understanding is not only naive but also actively damaging the society. SK's fertility rate hit the record low of 0.8
by lifthrasiir 5y ago
South Korea provides an evidence that this understanding is not only naive but also actively damaging the society. SK's fertility rate hit the record low of 0.84 in 2020 (compare with Japan's 1.36 in the same year), primarily because increasingly more people chose not to marry. There are a multitude of reasons, including pervasive misogyny which acts as a negative feedback to prevent further marriages. But regardless of the reasons, there is no reason to believe the fertility rate will recover by its own without active policies (of which SK crucially lacks).
- Ferrotin 5y agoSouth Korea just had an election which may change its direction in that regard.
- lifthrasiir 5y agoYou probably wouldn't have known but I watched the whole vote counting process all the night (6:50 am here). And Yoon, the president-elect, is not really known for his gender equality policies---he is a polar opposite to say the least.
- Ferrotin 5y agoYes, and because gender equality suppresses fertility [1], that would do the opposite. [1] citation needed, and given Asian fertility rates, highly questionable
- lifthrasiir 5y agoOh yeah, a forced marriage will do a great job. (Thank you for the footnote by the way, I was a bit nervous at the first!)