Okay, a lot of you guys don't get the cultural context here, so let me explain.
1. Japan has a really low birth rate right now. In some really small country towns they're even offering money to couples who have children.
2. This is due to a lot of factors - poor communication between men and women and marriage gender roles women are beginning to not accept (so they just don't get married), more women in the workforce, and the extreme costs of raising a child, among other things.
3. Many women are having kids later.
I'm a working female (yeaaahh I guess) who really has no idea when/if I'm going to get married and I'm really not keen on the idea of having children because it's a big commitment both emotionally and financially. This might change when I'm actually financially stable, but that may not even happen until I'm 30. So Kuu's comment is kind of offensive to me, because it's telling me that my working lifestyle is wrong and I should be popping out babies whether or not I want to. Yeah, maybe SHE can afford a kid right now, but a lot of under-30s, both in Japan AND in the US, can't. And some don't want to and there's really nothing wrong with that.
Anyway, I think the AMOUNT of controversy over this is kind of ridiculous, but I just maybe wanted to explain since I think the majority of you are younger than me
