South Korean women are saying “I Don’t” more so than “I Do.”
In a trend that is upending everything from the wedding business and the birth rate to the general economy, women increasingly are rejecting marriage and motherhood, according to Bloomberg.
A government statistics agency that conducted a survey found that in 2018 a slight majority of women felt that marriage was not necessary, while in 2010 a majority felt that it was.
A new network has formed in a nod to the no-marriage sisterhood – EMIF, which stands for “Elite Without Marriage, I am Going Forward.”
And one of the country’s most popular YouTube stars is Baeck Ha-na, an accountant by day whose channel champions being unmarried, and is called “Solo-darity.”
“Society made me feel like a failure for being in my 30’s and not yet a wife or a mother,” Baeck said. “Instead of belonging to someone, I now have a more ambitious future for myself.”
South Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world, and with fewer younger generations to enter the workforce, there is an ever-growing deficit in funds for pensions. This year, in fact, the number of deaths is expected to births, Bloomberg reported.
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