Whether they are appointments for dating, penalty movements, delayed passing rites, high living costs or trying by pro-family values, Americans have fewer babies-and they are not the only ones falling victim to trend.
Can the phones be blamed?
A recent Vox article proposed the idea in contrast to politically charged theories, such as the one aiming at the “crazy cat ladies” usually sail around.
“In America, for example, over half of children 18 to 34 are neither in a lasting relationship nor living with a partner.
Writers Noel King and Miles Bryan tear that widespread celibacy in the fingertips’ entertainment library – at least to some extent.
Video games, tiktok, social media, Netflix and even Pornhub are on the short list of culprits who keep people in front of their smartphone screens and away from the outside world.
“Why venture when everything is at your fingertips, from Netflix to Zoom’s meetings?” They ask, showing a 2023 study of the condition of American men, revealing that 65% reported “no one knows me well”.
The trend seems to be hitting General Zers aged 18-23, with survey data showing the age group with the lowest percentage of men in sustainable relationships, performed (37%) and the highest rate of men uninterested in finding a romantic partner (30%).
Other age groups-zillennials (aged 24-30), millennia (aged 31-37) and elderly millennia (38-45)-had over 40% of men in relationships, with 20% or less interested in finding a relationship.
King and Bryan say the trend is not isolated even in the United States.
“Absolutely absolutely global,” they write.
“Last year, I was in Mexico and many different small Mexican cities, and mothers would say the biggest problem here is that our teenage sounds are spending all their time in their bedroom. And I will hear the same stories in the small Indian village, in Bangladesh Hyper-Edia.”
A quick Google search reveals titles about the “fertility crisis of Europe” or the birth rate of Japan “falling to a new low”, among other things.
In contrast, Uzbekistan and George have seen a rise in fertility levels, King and Bryan reported.
As governments press for higher levels of births – stimulating couples to have more children and actively encouraging couples to meet – the duo argues that they are getting bad.
“Most governments are putting the cart in front of the horse, with foot in pairs,” they write.
“If I’m right, the problem is technology, this hyper-e-effective media, distracted and directing this digital loneliness, which ultimately forbids people from forming couples, then we need to think: present rage restrictions?
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