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How to fix Korea's birthrate? Put girls in school earlier, controversial report argues

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A report suggesting girls begin school a year earlier than boys in order to raise Korea's birthrate has faced strong backlash.

How to fix Korea's birthrate? Put girls in school earlier, controversial report argues

"Notably, Chang's report claims that biological females develop earlier than males do, so requiring girls to enter school at younger ages will create classes in which the two sexes are of more equal maturity as they age. This, the author posits, makes it more likely that those classmates will be attracted to each other, and marry and have children further down the line."

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"The report does not include evidence of any correlation between female students' early enrollment and the success rate of their romantic relationships with men. The author also does not detail specific mechanisms by which his proposed policy would increase romantic attraction or birthrates."

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