Tuesday, March 29, 2011  The Low Marriage Rate in Taiwan: Part
II  There was an article recently in the China Post that I
thought I'd address here, all about low marriage and birthrates
in Taiwan.  I'll cover it in two sections - first revisiting the
idea of marriage in Taiwan, and then I'll put up a new post
above discussing the issue of the low birthrate. I'm very much
anti short-form blogging (it has its uses but if you want to
really get at the meat of something and consider every angle, it
doesn't work and it promotes short attention spans) but it would
probably behoove me to shorten my posts just an eensy bit!  I've
already covered my thoughts on why Taiwanese women aren't
marrying at anywhere near traditional rates but with the
publication of this article, I thought it would be a good time
to revisit the topic. I won't cover my reasoning and thoughts
again - but I stand by what I said back then: the expectations
of traditional gender roles in marriage and a rising
consciousness and awareness that they