akhivaeWhat’s Causing Low Fertility Rates?Global fertility is in decline pretty much everywhere, with only a few exceptions. We once believed that the transition to a low fertility…3d ago3d ago
akhivaeThe Myth of the Marriage MarketA few years back someone had created a website called the Female Delusion Calculator. Using data collected from surveys conducted by the…Mar 122Mar 122
akhivaeDemographic Dystopias Understood Through 5 Films (No Spoilers!)Defined as works set in imagined societies characterized by their undesirability, the dystopian genre is a relatively new phenomenon whose…Nov 30, 2023Nov 30, 2023
akhivaeWhy (Some) Asian-Americans Hate Cultural AppropriationCultural appropriation refers to the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the cultural practices of one people by members of…Oct 19, 202324Oct 19, 202324
akhivaeGlobal Default: Do Americans Have a Culture?Hallyu, is a term that refers to the growing global popularity of South Korean entertainment and pop-culture. Once viewed as second rate…Jun 29, 202348Jun 29, 202348
akhivaeThe Amish Industrial Revolution and its Impact on Future Population GrowthIn Amish country, men in suspenders type emails on their iPhones, enroll their kids in public school and get their groceries from Wal Mart.Sep 25, 2022Sep 25, 2022
akhivaeReligion and Fertility: Will the Religious Really Inherit the Earth?In the summer of 2022, tech-billionaire and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, began to publicly voice his concerns regarding population aging and…Jul 10, 20224Jul 10, 20224
akhivaeWhy are there no Indian Amish?The Amish are an ethno-religious community based primarily in the United States and Canada. The descendants of a handful of settlers who…Jul 8, 20222Jul 8, 20222
akhivaeNo Country for Introverts: Life in a Town Without Solitude or PrivacyIs it cool to be introverted? I don’t know but at the very least you could say the term has definitely gone mainstream. The internet is…May 27, 20223May 27, 20223
akhivaeThe 3 Types of Anorexia They Never Talk AboutAnorexia nervosa is an eating disorder and mental illness in which the patient engages in extreme food restriction which if untreated can…Oct 17, 20211Oct 17, 20211