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‘Do it for Mom’ campaign wants Danes to have even more sex
The Washington Post ^ | October 4, 2015 | Rick Noack

Posted on 10/04/2015 7:36:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Denmark has a problem: At some (still quite distant) point in the future, its population will disappear because people aren't having enough babies.

Now, the Danish travel company Spies says it might have found a solution. Its campaign "Do it for Mom" encourages wannabe grandmothers and grandfathers to "sponsor" trips abroad for their adult children. Studies have shown that Danes have much more sex when they are on vacation.

"Send your child on an active holiday and get a grandchild within nine months," the company says on its Web site.

"The Danish welfare system is under pressure. There are still not enough babies being born, despite a little progress. And this concerns us all," a video for the campaign states. Denmark has one of the world's most generous welfare systems, and it will need more young workers to help pay for it.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: denmark; doitformom; population
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To: Larry Lucido

A daring, do, digerati....


21 posted on 10/04/2015 8:33:50 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: MinorityRepublican

No, of course not. But the sheer number of dead young males caused a big imbalance of men and women in France, Germany, Belgium, England and other countries. If you are a young female and cannot find a mate, that tends to skew attitudes toward marriage, progeny, and the future in general. These attitudinal shifts probably helped steer Western Europe away from traditional Christian families with children.


22 posted on 10/04/2015 8:34:24 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: MinorityRepublican

In this age of Democrats/liberals and unlimited sexual activities, I think an appropriate appeal for more Danish babies would be “DO IT TO MOM”. After all, she’s had some practice in the past.


23 posted on 10/04/2015 8:37:03 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (.)
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To: Vendome
Some Danes are doing it.


24 posted on 10/04/2015 8:44:50 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: MinorityRepublican

I still remember a guy I was in the mainres with that wen to Embassy school, got posted to Copenhagen. Everyone want to kill the bastard, as we were all going on an all expense paid trip to SE Asia.

Guy’s name was Riddington, would love to find out how he made out (no pun intended) in that rough duty station.


25 posted on 10/04/2015 8:51:11 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: Politicalkiddo

So is really it because they are worried about dying out as a nation or is it about getting more people to pay taxes to support the government’s existence?


26 posted on 10/04/2015 9:03:30 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; MinorityRepublican
No, of course not. But the sheer number of dead young males caused a big imbalance of men and women in France, Germany, Belgium, England and other countries. If you are a young female and cannot find a mate, that tends to skew attitudes toward marriage, progeny, and the future in general. These attitudinal shifts probably helped steer Western Europe away from traditional Christian families with children.

The sheer imbalance of the genders meant - in this case - that there were more (marriagable) women than men. Which, according to your statement, would have skewed attitudes towards marriage, etc. I therefore think that you meant to say "young male and cannot find a mate."

However, I would rephrase that thought: Men were a scarce resource, thus had more "leverage," and could therefore "set the rules of the game" (= fun, with no long-term attachment).

However, I don't think that that was the true cause - then. Rather, It occurred only in the late-1960s, when - for demographic reasons (baby boom - lots of marriagable young women, too few men a couple of years older - thus forced to "play the young man's game").

Regards,

27 posted on 10/04/2015 9:17:45 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: jsanders2001

The latter, of course. Nationalism is racist, after all.


28 posted on 10/04/2015 9:20:18 PM PDT by Politicalkiddo ("Those who know the least obey the best."- George Farquhar)
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To: jsanders2001

Hey Conservatives! The best legacy you can leave on this world and in the eyes of God is raise a bunch of little conservatives. If you are unwilling to put in the hard family raising work then YOU LOSE, and so do we. Now go and romance for a renaissance!


29 posted on 10/04/2015 9:23:28 PM PDT by inchworm
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

The Church attendance rate is “Under 5%,” and while nearly 80%are still Lutheran (followed by 13% unaffiliated and 4% Muslim) only 25% believe that Jesus was the Son of God, and only 18% believe that He is the saviour of the world. There are many Lutherans they might convert to Christianity, as well as Muslims.


30 posted on 10/04/2015 9:24:23 PM PDT by Hieronymus ( (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton))
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To: inchworm

Romance for a renaissance at least five times.


31 posted on 10/04/2015 9:24:38 PM PDT by inchworm
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To: inchworm

The Danes are birth controlling themselves out of existence.


32 posted on 10/04/2015 9:36:20 PM PDT by inchworm
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To: Vigilanteman

Like fire, sex is powerful and it also easily wreaks havoc out of the context it was created to have.


33 posted on 10/04/2015 9:53:45 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Hieronymus

Much of “Christendom” could stand to become actually Christian. I hope it does, it would be insane to hope otherwise.


34 posted on 10/04/2015 9:55:45 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Larry Lucido

My dear, you were good but not a great Dane.


35 posted on 10/04/2015 9:57:58 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: Parley Baer
Any volunteers?

This was the response I got when I asked...


36 posted on 10/04/2015 10:03:44 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Ken H

Such smart Danes. High literacy rate, college enrollees rate, preparing for your stellar futures, except there really ends up being no future at all for you.


37 posted on 10/04/2015 10:43:45 PM PDT by inchworm
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To: Hieronymus

So... ~62% of Lutherans in Denmark do not believe Jesus is the Savior.

That’s not much of a Lutheran...


38 posted on 10/04/2015 10:48:59 PM PDT by Paul R.
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To: doorgunner69
I knew a guy who came from embassy duty in Iceland. He said he loved it! He said all the girls wanted to have sex,he used another word, and have babies. This guy was built like a pear and not the best looking.

I'm sure the reason was because a good portion of Icelanders are related. They knew they needed new genes.

39 posted on 10/04/2015 11:46:59 PM PDT by BBell
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To: Politicalkiddo

I’d be asking “what is the rate of immigration by foreigners” myself.


40 posted on 10/05/2015 1:58:38 AM PDT by Gaffer
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