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Warpy

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8. Given the population of China, this is probably a good thing

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sat Mar 4, 2023, 04:17 PM

Mar 2023

and there are most likely lots of women who want nothing more than marriage and children. They'll have their pick of prospective husbands, too, so marriage brokers are going to have to hustle a bit.

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For some Chinese women it 'doesn't make sense' to have babies [View all] niyad Mar 2023 OP

Fuckin-a right. aocommunalpunch Mar 2023 #1

EXACTLY!!!!! niyad Mar 2023 #2

Bingo! +1000 paleotn Mar 2023 #13

In a free society, raising a child is a family project, not just women's work. haele Mar 2023 #3

This is all well and good: hippywife Mar 2023 #4

Our planet hardly needs more humans. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #5

zactly! Duppers Mar 2023 #7

"I will not give up my life to start a family." musette_sf Mar 2023 #6

Given the population of China, this is probably a good thing Warpy Mar 2023 #8

The Population Is So Oversized... ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #16

Yes, partially. This is hard on families who went through the one child policy Warpy Mar 2023 #19

I Read That Article On Japan ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #21

It's a similar mess here Warpy Mar 2023 #22

I Can See That ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #23

China could do with a shrinking population. Sogo Mar 2023 #9

Inflation, war and climate change. roamer65 Mar 2023 #10

Agreed. Particularly in an increasingly bellicose and authoritarian country. paleotn Mar 2023 #15

+1000 roamer65 Mar 2023 #18

a billion + people isn't enough? treestar Mar 2023 #11

At the current reproductive rates, Chinas population will about halve over the rest of the century GeoWilliam750 Mar 2023 #12

To 750M giver or take. And that's a good thing. paleotn Mar 2023 #14

One of the really fascinating things in current population growth rates GeoWilliam750 Mar 2023 #17

They're kind of where we American women were in the late 1960's FakeNoose Mar 2023 #20

"It was never about hating men" GenThePerservering Mar 2023 #24