Explanation: Various polities have attempted to increase their birth rate through various means throughout history. Punishment or reduction of privileges for single folk is common - Argentina, in the early 1900s, tried a Bachelor tax! However, well, as wiki notes…
A bachelor tax existed in Argentina around 1900. Men who could prove that they had asked a woman to marry them and had been rebuffed were exempt from the tax. In 1900, this gave rise to the phenomenon of “professional lady rejectors”, women who for a fee would swear to the authorities that a man had proposed to them and they had refused.[21][3]
“What’s her job?”
“Saying no to men.”
“Good for her!”
I would like to know what was the tax like (in terms of then monthly or annual earning, and why was argentina so desperate, was it yet another “we have a big problem we don’t know the cause of / dont know how to solve / cant/wont solve, lets blame vulnerables?”), also how much did the lady rejectors charged, i am going to assume much less than tax (or else, why would the bachelor even consider this). Also, was there any shame involved in being bachelor in their society (I am going to presume the answer is yes here, in most places older time, it was expected for you to be married as soon as you were working age), mostly because why were seemingly fine (because they had to pay someone to reject them, if they had some flaws, they would be rejected for free) people wanting to be bachelor?
(Sorry for asking so many questions, and not bothering to lookup stuff myself, I dont have any excuses either, just lazy)
Unfortunately, I know very little about the details. Around 1900 there was still a big idea about population growth being core to a nation’s health, so there was probably some of that in there. Moralizing was probably also a factor.
Did peronism ruin this?
