7% of Dutch women work part-time. Why is the Netherlands so different?
05-24-2015, 03:35 AM
Samseau,
I think the decadence hypothesis has merit, too. It's not without historic precedent, and it's definitely true in some parts of the West (& East Asia), especially the top cities, like NYC, London, Paris, Tokyo, etc. Large swaths of 20/30-somethings seem to disbelieve biological clocks and lose themselves in frivolities they will regret when they get older.
Certain aspect of SDT (or: decadence) are here to stay: cohabitation, yuppie urban single life, delayed family formation,... These things are not necessarily bad in themselves, as long as people don't start believing biology to be an unfortunate nuisance.
I think the decadence hypothesis has merit, too. It's not without historic precedent, and it's definitely true in some parts of the West (& East Asia), especially the top cities, like NYC, London, Paris, Tokyo, etc. Large swaths of 20/30-somethings seem to disbelieve biological clocks and lose themselves in frivolities they will regret when they get older.
Certain aspect of SDT (or: decadence) are here to stay: cohabitation, yuppie urban single life, delayed family formation,... These things are not necessarily bad in themselves, as long as people don't start believing biology to be an unfortunate nuisance.