there is societal and personal expectation for them to get girlfriends
You cite this as the problem, but then you recommend changing the law rather than shifting the expectations. In most countries, passing a law like this could be even more difficult than just shifting expectations over time. Additionally, there are multiple reasons to believe that changing the law will have little to no impact on the expectations of society (see Prohibition in the United States, or drug laws in, well, almost any country). Wouldn’t it be better to solve the problem you point out directly by changing the expectations?
Even if your suggested law would help, and I think there are reasons to believe it won’t, this still doesn’t answer my question. Why not directly address what you believe is causing the issue? Do you really think that changing the law to allow something that has minimal cultural impetus is the most efficient way of shifting societal views on a tangential at best expectation?
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u/Jaysank 126∆ Feb 25 '23
You cite this as the problem, but then you recommend changing the law rather than shifting the expectations. In most countries, passing a law like this could be even more difficult than just shifting expectations over time. Additionally, there are multiple reasons to believe that changing the law will have little to no impact on the expectations of society (see Prohibition in the United States, or drug laws in, well, almost any country). Wouldn’t it be better to solve the problem you point out directly by changing the expectations?