cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/lgbtq_plus/p/1184160/why-niger-explicitly-criminalising-asexuality-is-significant-to-everyone-regardless-of-ident
To understand Nigers asexuality criminalisation, we should see this law as part of a bigger – and growing – global trend among conservatives about ‘traditional families’
What does that even mean, in practice? Mandatory government sex?
It’s a proxy for “why aren’t you married and having kids?” Niger usually has one of the highest fertility rates per woman, which is a troubling way to measure that.
Source: lived there for years. People take “be fruitful and multiply” very literally.
Neat, a first-hand source! What else should we know about Niger, beyond the statistics?
Rice and beans slap.
Edit: y’all getting mixed up I’m out
Besides having nothing to do with Niger, which is a totally different situation, the first bit is understandable. A kid needs a house and stability much more than an adult does. Here, there’s not really council houses for kids, either.
And no, it’s not migrant’s fault. Stop reading the Sun or the Daily Mail or whatever.
Nobody mentioned migrants.
OP did, then edited it out.
And now edited the rest out, too.
But that’s not how you treat criminals. You’re describing a mix of positive and negative incentives, which are just policy effects. Criminalization means a particular action or belief has been made criminal, for which a person may be criminally suspect of having committed. There are consequences to be satisfied, such as prison time or community service, not passive burdens for not conforming. Is that not correct or am I overreading the word “criminalizing” here?