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In many countries the proportion of older people is increasing. Could this have more positive or negative effects on society?

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In many
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 the proportion of senior
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 is increasing.
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,
this
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 can lead to many advantageous and disadvantageous sides. In my opinion, having
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 significantly increasing older
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 will have negative effects sometime in the future. One serious
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 that can arise from the
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 of older people rising, is that the birth rates may fall, as many women nowadays are refusing to get married, and have children,
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 wishing to pursue their careers.
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 in Asian countries,
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 as South Korea, as women who were pressured to start a family, are retaliating against the common typecasts.
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 the senior
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 is broadening, and women are refusing to reproduce the new generation,
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 the childbirth rates. Another issue that isn’t talked about enough would probably be the shortage of qualified workers in agencies. Since companies are keener on hiring younger people for jobs that require physical attractiveness, and fitness workstyle, the older people are put into retirement stipends.
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 why senior
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 are having a hard time finding jobs in cities
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 because they just don’t fit the criteria/standards that the companies seem to have nowadays.
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, Japanese cities
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 as Osaka and Tokyo hold the highest record of having the oldest growing
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, and no one seems to have a
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 with the older
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 in offices. In conclusion,
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 having an older
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 can be tiring to have in workplaces,
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firing them shouldn’t be just the solution to
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. We should take
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 of Eastern Asian countries and treat our senior
citizens
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 with love and care.

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