108 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bitman 4 Mar \ parent \ on: Stacker Saloon
Yikes, none of that sounds great.
The explanation that I'd heard centered on the idea that traditionally Japanese women are expected to end their career in order to raise children.
The hypothesis continues that modern Japanese women neither want to end their careers, nor want to buck tradition, so they largely choose to be childless in order to follow their career.
I can't remember where I'd heard about this hypothesis. I wonder if it's based on fact.
Yes it is true. I covered it under “they wanna have time to do their own stuff”. Stuff meaning advancing in their career or fulfilling self-actualisation needs like travel.
Well birth rates are plummeting all over the world, not just Japan
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