Approaching the deep-rooted problem that continues to increase the number of “lifelong unmarried people”
In modern Japan, it is said that just under 30% of men under the age of 50 and around 20% of women under the age of 50 are “lifelong unmarried” who end their lives without getting married. I think it makes a lot of sense if you consider that the background to this is the establishment of lifestyles other than marriage, such as the “single person” lifestyle, and the acceptance of various sexual orientations.
However, among those who have never been married, there are many who do not want to get married, even though they have the intention of getting married. In that case, the reason that many people think of is “lack of financial strength”, right?
Sociologist Masahiro Yamada’s book “Parasite Marriage Society,” which analyzes the marriage situation in modern Japanese society, also cites “economic power” as one of the reasons why people remain unmarried throughout their lives. It points out that there are deeper-rooted problems than just stagnation.
By the way, according to the book, people in Western cultures, who tend to decide on marriage based solely on love, find it unusual for Japanese people to consider financial strength as a deciding factor when deciding to get married. That’s it. Apparently, social issues are also deeply involved in the origin of this uniquely Japanese habit.
What exactly is that problem? And why is it that in Japanese society, the number of people who remain unmarried throughout their lives continues to increase, as people cannot decide to get married based on love alone? We will deliver excerpts from this book that discuss these topics!
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