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Encourage nuclear families, marriage with children. With that said, there seems to be some unique circumstances in Korea as it's not what I'd call a progressiv
by gedy 4y ago
Encourage nuclear families, marriage with children.
With that said, there seems to be some unique circumstances in Korea as it's not what I'd call a progressive culture and they have a very low birthrate.
- orwin 4y agoI mean, yes, but there is 108 male for 100 female at birth, what does it solve? And do you want to force those 100 female to each marry a guy, even if they don't want to?
- gedy 4y agoThat's what I'm getting at with unique circumstances. And of course there is a wide spectrum between forced marriage and encouraging.
- orwin 4y agoNaturally, we birth more males than females. The natural ratio seems to be 1.05 and not 1.08 like i thought. No idea why.
- Apocryphon 4y agoYou know what would help encourage that? Widespread affordable home ownership and debt relief. Yet that is a problem from west to east.
- gernb 4y agoWouldn't it be the other way? If home ownership (and renting) became so expensive no one could possibly do it without multiple incomes people would be forced to find roommates.
- Apocryphon 4y agoDoesn’t seem to be the case. > macroeconomic conditions such as soaring housing prices and intense employment pressure also come into play, forcing many people to give up trying to tie the knot https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3204140/young-chinese-put-kids-marriage-back-burner-record-rate-cost-pressures-and-covid-overwhelm https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3204140/y...
- gernb 4y ago"Tying the knot" is not the same has having to find roommates. In general, one is often about supporting another as well as committing to a lifetime together. Neither of those have anything to do with finding roommates. https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-driven-record-rents-mean-more-people-are-piling-in-with-roommates-11666671826 https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-driven-record-rents-m...
- lern_too_spel 4y agoProgressives already support child and marriage tax benefits (and not limiting marriage benefits to different-sex couples) as well as long parental leaves, including for adoption.