Stumbled upon this article today. I was somewhat aware of how South Korea is going through some sort of transformation, if not its very own Sexual Revolution. It's pretty disheartening to see just how global this shit is going.
"Why I never want babies" - South Korea -- BBC
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Speak to South Koreans from older generations about the low fertility rate and the contrast in attitude is sharp. They see people like Yun-hwa as too individualistic and selfish.
I start chatting to two women in their 60s enjoying the stream-side park that runs through central Seoul. One tells me she has three daughters in their 40s, but none has had children.
"I try to instil patriotism and duty to the country with the kids, and of course I would love to see them continuing the line," she says. "But their decision is not to do that."
"There should be that sense of duty to the country," her friend chips in. "We're very worried about the low fertility rate here."
Yun-hwa and her contemporaries, the children of a globalised world, aren't persuaded by such arguments.
When I put it to her that if she and her contemporaries don't have children her country's culture will die, she tells me that it's time for the male-dominated culture to go.
"Must die," she says, breaking into English. "Must die!"
"Why I never want babies" - South Korea -- BBC