society

Majority of surveyed women feel marriage and having children are not necessary

Monday, February 27, 2023

Article: Only four out of 100 women feel "marriage and giving birth are necessary"

Source: Seoul News via Naver

Marriage and having children

Men:
25.8% not important
61.3% important
12.9% necessary

Women:
53.2% not important
42.9% important
4.0% necessary

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1. [+136, -12] It's just not a time to be having kids

2. [+148, -44] The woman has to do all the child-rearing while still holding down a dual income job while also taking care of her in-laws to meet outdated values... There is going to be a complete disappearance of any woman willing to do all of this soon.

3. [+91, -10] Women in the past were not able to have jobs so marriage was seen as a way to improve your life. Nowadays, women are highly educated with high-paying jobs... and see no need for marriage at all.

4. [+89, -16] Men are often complaining about just how difficult it is to be a breadwinner... but women are not only also the breadwinners but come home to take care of the children, cook breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and clean an endless list of chores. In the past, women were at least able to quit their jobs if they got pregnant, but most are not even in economic situations to do even that these days. There's something really wrong with this country.

5. [+45, -4] Rising housing costs

6. [+36, -2] We also grew up seeing the women in our lives live unhappily because of marriage and kids... I don't want to encourage my own daughters to get married or have kids after what I went through

7. [+22, -1] Women, please don't give birth. Holding down a job is 100 times easier.

8. [+16, -0] I'm married but if I were given another chance at life, I would not get married again. 

9. [+14, -1] We used to be able to afford a home and live comfortably off of my husband's income in the past... but nowadays, couples with dual incomes still aren't able to afford a home. It all goes to bills and food. I don't know how you could add the expense and time commitment of a child to the mix... 

10. [+10, -0] Don't have kids, people. The government still doesn't understand how dire of an issue this is. We are not far from a future where Koreans will become extinct and be remembered as a rare ethnicity that once existed.

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