By Beh Lih YiSEOUL, Jan 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – No dating, no sex, no marriage and no babies: two South Korean YouTubers who vow to stay single have caused uproar in the east Asian nation as it battles the world’s lowest fertility rate. “It is about boycotting marriage, men, sex and relationships,” Jung, a teacher, told the Thomson Reuters Foundation in an interview in the capital Seoul. “They need women who can have babies, so the policy will repeat this vicious cycle.”Single young women are calling for greater equality in the workplace. Like elsewhere in Asia, the pressure to marry someone of the opposite sex to continue the family blood line is strong in South Korea but recent surveys suggest sentiment is changing. ‘FEMALE SUPREMACY’On the streets of Seoul, men urged South Korean women not to spurn marriage and motherhood, despite the cost of parenting.

Source: National Post January 20, 2020 00:00 UTC