That is for the babies, not for me, and bear in mind, it is our
male population that is having the troubles of producing, maybe due
to some weakness somewhere, not a problem in conceiving for us. It
needs two to made a baby, but if one is weak, god bless
Singapore.
Actually nope. You might want to take a look in the mirror
first.
I am going to assume you actually bother to discuss things
rationally and actually think facts are important.
One of the main reasons for Singapore's abysmal birth
rate is the fact that women in general are far less likely to marry
at the ages they used to. In our parents time getting married at
19-21 was common, nowadays it's considered too young.
Starting a family is very far from the minds of most women in their
early twenties now.
Unfortunately you can't really fight biology, after 25, the
average fertility of a woman starts to decline rapidly. At 30 the
risk of birth defects start to rise and the number of child bearing
years are also limited. This means that women in general, are
having children when they are biologically less fertile, as well as
having less child bearing years to actually have more children.
Add that up with the high cost of living, and changing
mindsets... you get the picture. A lot of the reason for the low
birth rate is more due to the fact that women's mindsets have
changed, and it might not be all for the better.
Back then being a good mother and raising a family was
considered a woman's honour. Nowadays if a woman chooses that she
is decried by feminists as "weak" or "subservient", and that she
ought to be focused on her career instead.
Additionally, is it a sentiment that in general Singaporean
women do not have much respect for local guys? A sense of
entitlement? Who knows?
Tough.
