Russia pushes sex-at-work scheme as population crisis escalates
Caitlin McFall / Sat, September 21, 2024 at 9:19 AM EDTRussia pushes sex-at-work scheme as population crisis escalates
The Kremlin’s top doctor this week encouraged all Russians to engage in a "sex-at-work" scheme in a move to back President Vladimir Putin’s attempts to counter a growing population crisis.
Despite cash incentives, tax breaks, a nationwide push to discourage abortions and Putin’s years-long attempt to encourage procreation across the country, Russia saw its lowest birth rate in the last quarter-century for the first six months of 2024, reports said following UN findings on worldwide population rates.
Speaking during a Eurasian Women’s Forum on Wednesday, Putin encouraged women’s role in the workplace, but he also reiterated his push for higher birthrates.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Eurasian Women's Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia September 18, 2024.
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"Proper conditions are being created for women to succeed professionally while remaining guardians of the hearth and lynchpins of large families with many children," he said, according to report by Newsweek.
The Kremlin chief reportedly said that women can cope with the load of being both a career-woman and a mother because they "possess a secret that men are unable to fathom."
When pressed by a female reporter about when women are supposed to find the time to manage a family, Russia’s Health minister Dr. Yevgeny Shestopalov said, "Being very busy at work is not a valid reason, but a lame excuse."
Russia pushes sex-at-work scheme as population crisis escalates
Russian officials are making a huge push across the country to boost birth rates and get women to procreate by encouraging sex at work as Russia's population crisis escalates and Putin scrambles.
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Ukraine may not be able to do much to increase Russia's birthrate, but may yet boost Russia's mortality rate.