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Errr... a high birth rate is usually due to women having multiple children. i.e. they are married. Also, people marrying late is not usually due to 'suppressio

Errr... a high birth rate is usually due to women having multiple children. i.e. they are married. Also, people marrying late is not usually due to 'suppression of socializing of the sexes'... in western countries the opposite effect has been seen. If I were to follow the logic of your argument then we should expect western countries where teenagers mingle freely to have people marrying early... that is clearly not the case.

will_brown 12y ago
> If I were to follow the logic of your argument then we should expect western countries where teenagers mingle freely to have people marrying early... that is clearly not the case. That is not a logical extension of my position. Logic: if the government does not allow commingling of the sexes, then people will get married at an older age (if p, then q) You are extending that to: The US government does not prohibit commingling of sexes, therefore we should expect people getting married earlier (not P, therefore not q) That is a logical fallacy. I think we can both agree the US average age of marriage is increasing, and certainly it can be for different reasons. To follow my argument is very easy, there can be other explanations for decreased birthrates and increased average age of marriage, than a sexual revolution, especially if the government is prohibiting men and women from socializing (something I don't think other western countries ever did)