South Korean Women are Reportedly Forming “Molecular Families” Instead of Getting Married
Back in the day when I was growing up we called two friends living together roommates, not molecular families:
Last year, South Korea surpassed 8 million single-person households for the first time.
According to data released in December by the Ministry of Data and Statistics, 8.045 million households were made up of just one person, up from 7.166 million in 2021, bringing the share of solo households to 36.1 percent, the highest level on record. The proportion has climbed steadily, crossing 30 percent in 2019 and 35 percent in 2023, with Seoul posting the largest concentration of people living alone.
As the country’s single-person households reach record levels, “Two Women Living Together” arrives as both an intimate memoir and a subtle social argument about how people might live and care for one another outside the institution of marriage.
Co-written by Kim Ha-na and Hwang Sun-woo, two friends who decided in their 40s to buy a home together rather than marry, the book chronicles their decision to grow old together under one roof.
You can read more at the link, but this article truly demonstrates why South Korea has one of the world’s lowest birthrates.
Sounds like 40+ yo women who won’t be having kids anyway…
But don’t say the L word.
We are watching a People commit suicide in real time.
Two women living together in a “molecular family”?
Sounds like Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O.
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Good one, CH!!