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"Notably, Chang's report claims that biological females develop earlier than males do, so requiring girls to enter school at younger ages will create classes in which the two sexes are of more equal maturity as they age. This, the author posits, makes it more likely that those classmates will be attracted to each other, and marry and have children further down the line."

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"The report does not include evidence of any correlation between female students' early enrollment and the success rate of their romantic relationships with men. The author also does not detail specific mechanisms by which his proposed policy would increase romantic attraction or birthrates."

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[-] Stern@lemmy.world 135 points 5 months ago

"We've got a birthrate crisis, maybe we should make it so a single income of someone working 40 hours a week can support a family of 4?"

"... Or we could explore literally every other option no matter how ridiculous and not do anything which would impact corporate profits even a single penny."

[-] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

I mean, after all, their problem is that they want more workers, so they can make more money. Letting people work less defeats the point.

It's our fault for ever thing they would try to fix their problem by making their own problem worse.

[-] TVgog56789@lemy.lol 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Any sensible country will think about providing more incentives to women & couples to have more children and fix financial stressors that's scaring people away from parenthood.

But no let's try some nutjob theories 😂

[-] Pacmanlives@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

They have done some but it’s not been enough to fix their issues

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -3 points 5 months ago

And then you plan to force people to have kids too? Because otherwise it's not going up.

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