Rising house prices, a toxic save-face culture, encouragement of plastic surgery for girls on their 18th birthday, and feminism. It should come as a surprise to no one that South Korea has the same issues as Japan of an aging population and a generation of young girls who are too picky for a Mr. Right or young men who just want out of the marriage court system.
It seems that lower fertility rate may also trend towards a higher female suicide rate, with South Korea leading the female suicide rate (15.4% as of recent) per country. Women are built to raise and nurture kids and if they can't, statistics show that they would rather kill themselves than live alone at old age with a bunch of pets.
Rising house prices, a toxic save-face culture, encouragement of plastic surgery for girls on their 18th birthday, and feminism. It should come as a surprise to no one that South Korea has the same issues as Japan of an aging population and a generation of young girls who are too picky for a Mr. Right or young men who just want out of the marriage court system.
It seems that lower fertility rate may also trend towards a higher female suicide rate, with South Korea leading the female suicide rate (15.4% as of recent) per country. Women are built to raise and nurture kids and if they can't, statistics show that they would rather kill themselves than live alone at old age with a bunch of pets.
Reference for suicide rate:
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/suicide-rate-by-country
It used to be common wisdom that you should let a female cat have one litter before fixing, or they go a little weird.