I had to jump in here because your mentioning China's policy reminded me of a news story where someone had written about China during this era. While the way the policy was drawn up and enforced is one thing (and how typical of men not to think of fixing the most important issue, which was the status of women in their society), so often I hear it spoken about as if the mere idea was horrifying.
And yet we are in a major birth decline in many countries (including the U.S.) for many other reasons, such as our lack of support for mothers, children, and families. (Though, frankly, even in countries with much better systems than ours, it still holds true). So it seems to me entirely hypocritical that the idea of trying to rescue the future of one's citizens is somehow anathema while making the lives of most of one's citizens utterly miserable is a-ok.
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Date: 2019-08-15 09:08 pm (UTC)And yet we are in a major birth decline in many countries (including the U.S.) for many other reasons, such as our lack of support for mothers, children, and families. (Though, frankly, even in countries with much better systems than ours, it still holds true). So it seems to me entirely hypocritical that the idea of trying to rescue the future of one's citizens is somehow anathema while making the lives of most of one's citizens utterly miserable is a-ok.