[Constitutionalist Conservative]

As psychologists say, now Russian men undervalue the essence of family. The whole of the burden, housekeeping, upbringing of children, earning of money are shifted onto women. And, at the time when Russian women have so much responsibilities, their husbands spend their time dozing in front of TV sets in desperate attempts to find out the meaning of life and to understand the truth of the universe. They merely disregard everyday problems that are essential for their families as they consider the above mentioned idle thinking to be of higher importance.

This may explain the rapidly-declining birthrate in Russia.

[WaterDragon]

I think the birth rates in Russia and Europe have long been declining because their societies encourage, to the point of really applying pressure on, women to get abortions.

What I'd like to see are not just figures on their birth rates, but side-by-side figures for their abortion rates. The tale would then be fully told.

It makes sense that if killing your children becomes acceptable, then marriage will decline in value. Marriage is first of all the basic unit for raising children.