“How do maid cafes affect the decline of families/ fertility rates in Japan?”
“How do maid cafes affect the decline of families/ fertility rates in Japan?”
In my research topic on maid cafes, the question that I think to myself, “How do maid cafes affect the decline of families/ fertility rates in Japan?” urges me to find the answer.
I have found quantitative data, a fertility graph that displays the fertility rate in Japan. Japan was at its peak for its fertility rate from the past 30 years in 1986 when the fertility rate was roughly about 2.8. The graph shows that the fertility rate in japan had a great decline during the late 1990’s, when maid cafes were first established. Followed by the decline of Japan’s fertility rate which was at its lowest rate of about 1.2 in 2005, according to the total fertility rate graph. Regarding maid cafes, other anime inspired industries have decreased the rates of sex in Japan. Studies showed in the article that a survey conducted by the Japanese Family Planning Association in 2013 show that 45% of women from ages 16 to 24 stated that they were “not interested in or despised sexual contact.” And 25% of men from that age group feel the same about this. This explains why Japan’s fertility rate as of 2017 is ranked 223 out of 226 countries.
I consider the online sources that I have found quantitative data to be reliable because it goes in great depth the possible reasons to why maid cafes or any other industries inspired by anime has declined the fertility rate in Japan.
The data reveals that Japan’s fertility rate has declined and is ranked one of the bottom fertility rates of all the countries since the early existence of maid cafes and other anime inspired industries.
The reason to which I feel the information I have found is interesting is because I never knew before that the anime inspired industries is a possible reason to why a country can have one of the lowest fertility rates in the world. I find this information to be very important to me because I feel that people who develop a sexual fantasy with imaginary anime characters should be aware that they are not interacting with a real person but fictional characters. This fantasy “sex” seems to be the leading reason to why the reproduction rate of their country is going down. I hope that one day this doesn’t result in “extinction” of the Japanese people.
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