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This article would be a lot more informative if it looked at some other countries for comparison and contrast. Other countries that have been in the news for a

This article would be a lot more informative if it looked at some other countries for comparison and contrast. Other countries that have been in the news for a high age of first marriage and a very low birthrate are Italy and Taiwan. What is similar about those countries, and what is different about them, alongside Japan? I have read that Taiwan (where I have lived during two different three-year periods of foreign residence and work) has the highest age of first marriage, and one of the lowest birthrates, of any country in the world. But Taiwan's culture is distinct from that of Japan, and some of the relevant workplace conditions and government policies are a bit different too. So what is the causation here?

JoeAltmaier 13y ago
The internet? Infinite sexual gratification is a new phenomenon. Does it correlate with this societal statistic?
speeder 13y ago
This also happened to late roman empire, just before their collapse. I know you like links, but I am busy now and cannot re-find them... But basically, any country that is prosperous enough to women work in equal terms to men in a safe environment (ie: police exists and army is strong), ends having women rights movements, a acceptance of homosexuals, and a sharp rise in individualism. Then a mix of this happen (usually all of it, and it DID happened in Rome): no-fault divorce (prompting huge amount of women-initiated divorces, and then men stopping marriages) babysitters and daycare (because women are not home to take care of children) great numbers of women that prefer their careers over marriage great numbers of men men that prefer goofing around instead of having responsability over a household. All this usually results in decline of births, and debt problems as countries start to debase their currency in a attempt to keep the same standard of living for the old while there is not enough young people (this is much worse in countries with military all over the globe, like Rome) Then you start having governments defaulting on obligations to pay police and army, undoing the conditions that allowed the equality, then your country either drift back to a previous condition, or if it was big enough and streched far enough, it collapses (like Rome did, as your defaulted police and army, immigrants covering for lack of native young people, and lack of native young people to defend their native land, makes your country a sitting duck for anyone that want to bring it down)

JoeAltmaier 13y ago

The internet? Infinite sexual gratification is a new phenomenon. Does it correlate with this societal statistic?

speeder 13y ago

This also happened to late roman empire, just before their collapse. I know you like links, but I am busy now and cannot re-find them... But basically, any country that is prosperous enough to women work in equal terms to men in a safe environment (ie: police exists and army is strong), ends having women rights movements, a acceptance of homosexuals, and a sharp rise in individualism. Then a mix of this happen (usually all of it, and it DID happened in Rome): no-fault divorce (prompting huge amount of women-initiated divorces, and then men stopping marriages) babysitters and daycare (because women are not home to take care of children) great numbers of women that prefer their careers over marriage great numbers of men men that prefer goofing around instead of having responsability over a household. All this usually results in decline of births, and debt problems as countries start to debase their currency in a attempt to keep the same standard of living for the old while there is not enough young people (this is much worse in countries with military all over the globe, like Rome) Then you start having governments defaulting on obligations to pay police and army, undoing the conditions that allowed the equality, then your country either drift back to a previous condition, or if it was big enough and streched far enough, it collapses (like Rome did, as your defaulted police and army, immigrants covering for lack of native young people, and lack of native young people to defend their native land, makes your country a sitting duck for anyone that want to bring it down)