I also thought it was pretty evidently parallel to the current low birth rates that SK, Japan, and other nations face.
It's a hot topic of debate, given that a few decades from now, it'll have a disastrous ripple effect.
Society really pressures women into birthing children, without actually giving them much way in support or incentive; or it just ends up being a one-child household trend.
I heard Korea has great cheap daycare plans, but in Japan, although you get monetary credit for having children, childcare availability is a dumpster fire, and it's difficult for women to work or persue study and raise kids at the same time. Men don't have to stress about these things.
Idk if Governments realize many are more than happy to raise a family given adequate support.
i’m sorry if my previous venting about recent developments made it sound like this isn’t worth reading, here’s why i do tho it’s worth checking out. as someone else said in another comment, i think the series is providing some valid commentary on irl societal issues in sk regarding women, like the low birth rate and traditional expectations. i also think the whole beastmen angle is really interesting and does a lot to emphasize the double standards between traditional gender roles where the pressure to reproduce is on women. both mothers probably felt the same pressures they’re forcing upon their children (and potential daughter-in-law). comparatively, none of the men seem to have the same high expectations or exert huge pressure on her because they didn’t experience it (in the same way) and had more freedom of choice. on top of this is the generational gap, where young people are marrying and having kids older, actually taking the time to date and go to school. ML wasn’t bowing to his family’s marriage expectations and is marrying FL because he wants to, oblivious to the extent of her struggles. FL’s freedom to choose was stolen—she was in the middle of dating ML to decide whether or not to take this further only for that to crash and burn. i think it’s a matter of FL getting the agency to freely choose what she wants to do, because marriage should be a choice and not an obligation, something that’s been a theme since the beginning. i’m interested in seeing how this all goes down, especially since ML isn’t a giant red flag and also a victim of this nonsense, i support the dismantling of the patriarchy, and i want her to be happy.