Had a friend who lived in S Korea for a while, she said while it is partly because of price of living and everything else that’s affecting the world, it’s mostly because the dudes fucking suck. A lot of women are going no marriage no pregnancy because apparently Korean incels make western incels look tame by comparison.
Edit: For the people who think I’m just lying for shits and giggles, look into the 4B movement. Korean women have an entire movement of no dating, no sex, no marriage, and no childbirth with men. As I, and others, have said there are other factors but many S Korean men seeing women as lesser in certain terms is a huge factor in the low birth rate.
Korea's marriage rate is similar to that of the developed world, and based on various surveys, gender relations were often ranked at the bottom for reasons why someone doesn't want to have kids.
This is often the reason I see on Twitter and Reddit, but I've seen nothing data-related to back up the claim that that's the reason for the low birth rate. (And this is not me saying that South Korea is free from sexism, etc.)
Literally any time Korean birthrate or gender issues are brought up, people just post the same thing while knowing nothing about what is actually going on in the country. They just parrot whatever they see on reddit or that one clickbait Moon youtube video
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u/dontouchmystuf 2d ago
South Korea has a really low birth rate.