> unmarried and childless women are the happiest subgroup in the population
Isn't this kind of scary from a sociological and demographic perspective? It would seem to indicate that we've built a socioeconomic system with self-terminating incentives.
I consider myself very liberal/libertarian and individualist vs. collectivist, and I have a daughter, so I'm (angrily) unsympathetic to ideas that even hint at restricting women's freedom on this basis. I'd easily prefer the gradual dissolution of western civilization to my daughter being trapped in an abusive marriage with no right to divorce, being forced to give birth to a child she doesn't want, and so on.
However, all that aside, it does seem like a serious bug in our system. I wonder how we can we flip this statistic without restricting anyone's freedom?
> unmarried and childless women are the happiest subgroup in the population
Isn't this kind of scary from a sociological and demographic perspective? It would seem to indicate that we've built a socioeconomic system with self-terminating incentives.
I consider myself very liberal/libertarian and individualist vs. collectivist, and I have a daughter, so I'm (angrily) unsympathetic to ideas that even hint at restricting women's freedom on this basis. I'd easily prefer the gradual dissolution of western civilization to my daughter being trapped in an abusive marriage with no right to divorce, being forced to give birth to a child she doesn't want, and so on.
However, all that aside, it does seem like a serious bug in our system. I wonder how we can we flip this statistic without restricting anyone's freedom?
1 - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/may/25/women-h...