Please help! 30 points and brainiest for good answers!

1. Why is there a declining birth rate in countries like Japan and South Korea?

3. Please explain some of the consequences of the declining population in countries like South Korea and Japan?

I'm not asking for a whole essay. If you can give at least 3-5 sentences, I would be very thankful. Thank you.

The birth rates (and marriage rates) in countries like South Korea and Japan are low because of the corporate environment. It makes the idea of having children undesirable. Many women who have children are still pressured to retire to become stay-at-home moms, not just by the family, but also by their employers. This poses a big threat to the population of these countries.

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while it was true that the cotton gin reduced the labor of removing seeds, it did not reduce the need for slaves to grow and pick the cotton.

explanation:

before eli whitney's invention of the cotton gin, picking and cleaning cotton was a slow, labor-intensive job. workers, usually slaves, had to pick the seeds from the cotton fibers by hand. this invention made it possible to grow large amounts of cotton on big farms and make money.