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    „Koreanische Männer sind ein Faktor für die niedrige Geburtenrate“, sagt Demografieexperte


    „Koreanische Männer sind ein Faktor für die niedrige Geburtenrate“, sagt Demografieexperte

    https://www.chosun.com/english/long-reads-en/2025/01/11/UVZFGK6YMBGDDAG254YTQT4L5Y/

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    3. ProgressDry5715 on

      Don’t trust foreigners when it comes to Korean issues. They don’t have Korea’s best interest in mind, there is a different ulterior motive.

    5. orange_bingsu on

      “The role of men in childcare, particularly in doing household chores and other tasks that make it possible to have children and a family, was still pretty much a growing barrier in Korea. And I should say that this is not an issue specific to Korea. While the situation may be more extreme in Korea, this issue is pretty consistent on a global basis.”

    7. Feffies_Cottage on

      The authors say, “Korean men spend little time on housework, and the duty of women to do housework, combined with the seniority-based wage system that penalizes women who take maternity leave, makes it even more difficult for women in Korea to have children while working.” They further argue, “This system is exacerbated by a poor national childcare policy, or the lack of such a policy, making it far harsher compared to other developed countries.”

    8. CompEng_101 on

      The headline is pretty much clickbait – it makes it sound like Bricker is blaming men or primarily men. Really his argument, which I tend to agree with, is that the low birthrate is primarily a cultural, not an economic, issue. Things like child tax credits, changing views on who performs housework/childcare, etc… will help, but ultimately it is a question of how people value creating the next generation. The issues here are not unique to Korea, though they are more pronounced.

      He also does not say that falling birthrate is inherently positive or negative, but that it is a challenge.

    9. Ok_Hair_6945 on

      This is an issue in every continent. From Germany, Italy, spain, Korea, Japan etc…. Why are Korean men the only group to blame???

    10. Big_Spence on

      Every single developed country is having this exact same problem, yet each one blames it on different cultural-specific causes. The economic research on this is quite clear that this is an issue that goes beyond specific cultural or gender norms.

    11. WinterPomegranate7 on

      You can tell who read the article vs who read the headlines🥴

      But it is very much a cultural issue. It doesn’t help that it seems like more and more of the burden of raising kids has fallen on the mother alone rather than being spread among relatives and neighbors like in the past. It takes a village, after all.

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