In 1984, Lee Kwan Yu, prime minister of Singapore, tried to address this issue. Concerns had been raised about the number of graduate women remaining single or having fewer children. He brought in a “graduate mothers scheme” that gave preference in primary education enrollment to children of graduate women . Women with low educational attainment were offered cash incentives to undergo sterilization. These measures were shelved after a year amid public criticism and at a time his party was losing support.
The same thing is happening in Thailand. Female graduates there are refusing to have children, putting their careers first. I’m not saying I blame them. If it means they end up personally worse off by becoming Moms, then it is something wrong with the way our societies are organised. If we value parenthood, children, future planning, etc. then we need to stop being such hedonistic, unprincipled people.
Tom Billesley:
The more I read about Lee Kuan Yew the more I believe he was maybe the best leader the world has ever seen since the US founding fathers
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Actually, I believe the first 10 minutes of this show was extremely well put on the direction we are heading.
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In 1984, Lee Kwan Yu, prime minister of Singapore, tried to address this issue. Concerns had been raised about the number of graduate women remaining single or having fewer children. He brought in a “graduate mothers scheme” that gave preference in primary education enrollment to children of graduate women . Women with low educational attainment were offered cash incentives to undergo sterilization. These measures were shelved after a year amid public criticism and at a time his party was losing support.
The same thing is happening in Thailand. Female graduates there are refusing to have children, putting their careers first. I’m not saying I blame them. If it means they end up personally worse off by becoming Moms, then it is something wrong with the way our societies are organised. If we value parenthood, children, future planning, etc. then we need to stop being such hedonistic, unprincipled people.
Tom Billesley:
The more I read about Lee Kuan Yew the more I believe he was maybe the best leader the world has ever seen since the US founding fathers