On Monday 06 Aug 2007 2:06 am, Radhika, Y. wrote: > We Indians are highly goal focused rather > than process oreinted-I suspect that old fashioned contempt for dating also > has to do with intolerance for ambiguity and low risk tolerance ather than > mere morality
Control of male and female sexuality is important for the preservation of family wealth. When wealth becomes relatively assured, such control of sexuality becomes redundant. But, as Eugen has pointed out, birth rates have fallen in such societies for various reasons. I am guessing that birth rates will fall among the subset of Indians who belong to the IT sector but continue to remain high among others. In other words, the IT sector is likely to become synonymous with "long hours, high salary, no family" - unless something changes. shiv