On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 8:51 AM, ss <[email protected]> wrote: > 1) High divorce rates: Indian society has kept women forcibly bonded in > married and if you allow women more freedom to live as they want - divorce > rates will inevitably rise as they break free from the shackles of wedlock. > We need to learn from Western society. > > 2) Broken nuclear families: This is a direct consequence of breaking marriages > and sidelining the (artificial, male dominated?) "sacntity if marriage". The > fact that children might suffer as a consequence is something society will > have to learn to cope with. > > 3) Decreasing fertility and falling birth rates: The pursuit of personal > freedom, choice and prosperity for both men and women demands fewer children. > A decrease in fertility is a consequence of that. If populations become > smaller so what?
Why would you think that a smaller population is a problem? A smaller population that is reached by lower birth rates rather than higher death rates seems like a good proposition. > > Here is the controversial and troubling thought - I would appreciate inputs on > this: If you read between the lines above it is easy to conclude that the > problems of Western society can be directly linked to more freedom for women. This is true only if you decide that freedom seeking women and not freedom suppressing men/relationships or any thing else are the reason for divorces or relationship breakdowns. -gabin -- Ted Turner - "Sports is like a war without the killing."
