Shortage of Women in East Germany Causes Turmoil

Could you imagine if this excuse-making was applied across the board for every person facing a difficult/challenging situation? We would all sit around lamenting how deep a hole we are in, without ever endeavoring to figure a way out. And America was built on figuring a way out, and the rest of the world should go to school on that. "They should be taught updated farming...."? How about they get informed and do it themselves. It's not like information is tough to come by in 2003. These people have brains, they have just been let down by a socialist/excuse-making culture over the past 50 years, which has turned them into a mess.

Now, since the women are smart enough (just barely) to realize that they need to go where the jobs are, and are trying to better their position, why don't the guys do it also?

Women have the time-honored MRS Degree option as well as its cousin, the World's Oldest Profession.

Even a mediocre-looking woman can flash some T & A and get some job that gets them stared at and requires breathing [apparatus]. In the conditions described, that option is only available for the really pretty boys (a tiny tiny %).

I think part of the problem is that these dirt farmers don't really have enough knowledge. Their governments just keep subsidizing them without any effort to actually teach them to be self sufficient. Many of these people can't read. Few probably completed school.

There is no real independent method for them to learn other than word of mouth. There is no internet for them. Libraries are pathetic, out of date, and any good ones are too far away to be of use. Imagine if the closest library to nebraska was in washington DC. Not making excuses, but we have to see what these people are dealing with. The have their blind folds removed only to have a government which is working overtime to put blinders on them.

They have no history of rugged independence. Their schools and governments are opposed to that sort of thing. To them responsiblity is in the form of collective social interests. It is a diffrerent way of thinking when you whole country is in one time zone and barely the size of Georgia. (no open spaces there)

This could easily be by design too.

Many European banks offer 0% interest farm loans. Then the same banks go to the EU and individual governments with demands for fiscal control through cutting farm subsidies. The farmers dependend on the farm subsides, are unable to pay the principle and the properties are forclosed. The bank then groups parcels together and sells them as larger units.

The problem will correct itself. The poor saps just don't know they have always been roadkill in the EU works.

German tend to turn problems in sagas...without any end to the story. My guess is that the government will be stupid enough to offer a tax credit to single women in Eastern Germany...which the EU will prompty toss out as unfair. And these German guys here in the east...aren't going to shape up or find terrific jobs. So my prediction...you are going to see around 4,000 Philippino/Thai/Russian women coming into East Germany yearly to help fix this problem. And of course, half will be there for marrying purposes...and the other half...well you can guess their occupation. This might force east German men to work harder....to have more cash to spend on these women.

More difficult but not impossible.

You seemed to imply that the state advocated it, which it doesn't. Prior to unification, abortion was illegal in West Germany and of course East Germany had the standard communist abortion on demand. The laws were harmonized after unification, with the East lobby having some effect. Now abortion is legal, but only after extensive physical and psychological examination, a waiting period, and women have to sign a statement that essentially says "Yes, I know I'm killing my baby."

I am glad for the information. I wrote what I did because the story involved EAST Germany. I doubt whether people have moved from the West to East Germany, so the shortage of women to marry is directly related to the Communist abortion mentality.

I am glad to hear that German abortions are harder to obtain. Our country's approach is a disgrace and a tragedy.

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