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Seems like an easy dating market for men that explicitly want to have children and can support a wife.
by CuriouslyC 2y ago
Seems like an easy dating market for men that explicitly want to have children and can support a wife.
- BobaFloutist 2y agoHow well informed are you on (South) Korean gender politics?
- atemerev 2y agoWell, wives work too.
- gadflyinyoureye 2y agoThat’s where the support part of the sentence comes in. The man can support the wife not working and the children that come with it.
- atemerev 2y agoYou don’t understand. Women _want_ to work, like most people. House caring is a shitty, mostly thankless, boring, unpaid job — most of white collar jobs are much better in comparison. Rich people outsource most difficult parts to hired help. And for those who don’t — the total experience is not that interesting and too exhausting, only possible if there are no other options in life.
- gadflyinyoureye 2y agoI understand that women want to work. However both parents working does not appear to be a tenable position. In a male-centric local like Korea, a man who can pay for a family is a good catch. Hopefully he respects his wife.
- whatevaa 2y agoMaybe if there would be a safety net for when man doesn't respect his wife. Relying on hope is foolish.
- whatevaa 2y agoThat is one the of the problem areas, woman no longer want to be solely dependant on man, because that's what happens in your scenario.
- bryanlarsen 2y agoSouth Korea has substantially more men that want children than women that want children. It's also not short on men that can financially support a family. What it seems to be short of is men that are willing to do anywhere close to 50% of the work involved in raising a family.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoMen wanting children more than women seems to hold across countries and ethnicities. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/women-children-study-1.7119845 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/women-children-study-1.711984... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/20/paid-paternity-leave-study-spain-men-fewer-children https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/20/paid-paternity...
- moffkalast 2y agoMakes sense, men literally don't have to do shit, it's like going to an online baby store and waiting 9 months for amazon delivery. On the other hand women can die in the process or more usually just have their entire body subtly destroyed in countless ways, from bone loss to getting actual depression. Rich people use surrogates for a reason.
- toomuchtodo 2y agoFor women, children are a job and huge opportunity cost. For men, they are a hobby and minimal opportunity cost. Broadly speaking.
- moffkalast 2y agoOnly strictly traditionally. There are lots of stay at home dads and moms who only briefly paused their careers for a minimum amount during maternity leave (see: outside the US where you don't just get fired). But the entry level cost is always completely one sided.
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