A report suggesting girls begin school a year earlier than boys in order to raise Korea's birthrate has faced strong backlash.

“Notably, Chang’s report claims that biological females develop earlier than males do, so requiring girls to enter school at younger ages will create classes in which the two sexes are of more equal maturity as they age. This, the author posits, makes it more likely that those classmates will be attracted to each other, and marry and have children further down the line.”

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“The report does not include evidence of any correlation between female students’ early enrollment and the success rate of their romantic relationships with men. The author also does not detail specific mechanisms by which his proposed policy would increase romantic attraction or birthrates.”

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    377·
    6 months ago

    It’s really easy, and I’ll explain it once again for the idiot governments in the back.

    GIVE LARGE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HAVING CHILDREN AND RAISING FAMILIES.

    This concludes my Ted Talk.

    • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      6 months ago

      People don’t need large incentives. They need help with daycare/eldercare, education, and healthcare. They need to be able to afford places to live that can fit a family. These are things that everyone needs, it’s just more critical to having a family

    • Demdaru@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      6 months ago

      Doesn’t work. My country gave around 15% of minimal pay per kiddo. People who shouldn’t have children had lots of them. People who should…had the same amount as before that. Slightly better finances tho, but they still waited till they were able to provide for child.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      It’s that easy in most countries (though really just making it not a financial detriment to reproduce is better), but in South Korea it’s more than the money. A lot of South Korean women are withholding reproductive labor due to the intensity of the cultural misogyny

    • HighElfMage@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      6 months ago

      No government can afford giving large enough baby bounties to move the needle. Kids are really, really expensive.