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In the traditional thinking of the Easterns, when a child is born, both parents must be informed and present. This has also cultivated the introverted and reserved character of the Chinese people, but the bold opening up of Western countries is far beyond imagination, especially Jamaica, where there are countless children who "only know their mothers, but not their fathers".
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Standing in the streets and alleys of the city, at a glance, there are all women with several children behind them, but they can't see the figure of the child's father. However, these are not as painful as imagined, but they are accustomed to it and are particularly calm.
This phenomenon raises the question in the mind: why is the illegitimate birth rate in Jamaica so high?
It all goes back to Jamaica's founding origins.
The tragic development of the colonial power
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Jamaica is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea with a total area of 10,991 square kilometers, which was once inhabited by the Arawak Indians in the 5th century BC, and its name is derived from the Arawak word "Xaymaca", which means "land of water and trees".
However, what was supposed to be a peaceful and quiet living environment was completely shattered by an uninvited group of people.
In 1494, the Italian explorer Columbus began the history of global navigation, including this island nation in the tropical rainforest. The fertile land and the inflexible indigenous people made him, who was also a colonist, smell the smell of wealth.
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Since then, Europeans have made Jamaica a place of wealth.
The Spaniards first relied on force to seize the Indians' land, and also forced the natives to become slaves and set up colonial structures, but the number of indigenous people was too small to satisfy their appetite for plunder and expansion.
Later, in order not to waste this land suitable for farming, the Spaniards learned from the experience of the Portuguese and plundered large numbers of black Africans and sold them to Jamaica one ship after another.
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According to records, since 1517, tens of thousands of blacks have been used as social slaves on the land. This is also the reason why the population of this island nation has not declined, but increased, and even later, blacks accounted for the majority of Jamaica's population.
It can be said that the bloody business that Europeans had to engage in by any means did bring an unexpected amount of wealth, but Jamaica, which became a colony, began a tragic history.
For more than a hundred years, the Spaniards flaunted their might there, and then ushered in Britain, known as the empire of the sun, and fell into the dark rule of nearly two centuries.
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It wasn't until 1962 that Jamaica truly became independent, freed from the shadow of a colonial power, and soon declared its accession to the Commonwealth. Since then, Jamaica has officially entered the era of independence.
Leaving the invaders, Jamaica developed its own, mainly agriculture and mining.
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Although Jamaica is small, it is rich in resources, with the fourth largest bauxite in the world, with reserves of about 25 tons, and the annual output of bauxite is 15 million tons, ranking second in the world, second only to Australia, plus copper mines, iron ore, lead-zinc mines and forests and other resources abroad.
It is worth mentioning that Jamaica also embarked on the road of developing tourism by chance.
At that time, there was a conflict between the United States and Cuba, and tourists who often visited Cuba were turned away, while Jamaica, as a Caribbean island country, was no less than Cuba's natural conditions, and it was logical to take over the rejected tourists and gradually develop into a tourist destination.
It is worth mentioning that Chinese travel to Jamaica is visa-free.
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However, the superiority of geographical location has always had advantages and disadvantages, and Jamaica is adjacent to the United States, naturally can not escape the fate of becoming a drug den, coupled with the treasure land of feng shui into the Gulf of Mexico, it soon became one of the transit points for Silver Triangle drugs into the United States.
Drug trafficking will inevitably lead to drug trafficking and drug use, coupled with the high profits of drugs, resulting in the emergence of many drug dealers in Jamaica, and thus the breeding of gangs, under the leadership of the American drug lord group, rapid development and expansion, but also the arms trafficking business.
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In addition to these entrenched developments, Jamaica has also developed a world-renowned development program, namely athletics as a sporting powerhouse.
Originally from Jamaica, Usain Bolt has won 17 gold medals, including six Olympic gold medals, and has broken seven world records; Fraser is also known as the greatest athlete in the history of women's sprinting.
In general, Jamaica had developed rapidly since its graduation, but it had been subjected to forced invasions by other countries and African settlements. Therefore, the traditional Indian thinking was gradually replaced by Western thinking.
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However, it is surprising that Jamaicans are better than the blue in developing Western ideas. Especially in the relationship between men and women, it seems to be beyond the cognition of normal people.
Causes of deformed relationships
Jamaica has one of the world's largest developments, that is, 60% of the country's population is over 30 years old, once known as the "youngest" country, and this is due in large part to the fact that too many children are born and all of them are illegitimate.
Even two people walking on the road may be half-siblings, and the degree of openness can be seen.
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There are many reasons for this, but each one is embarrassing.
The first is the openness of sexual concepts.
On the central square of the southeastern Canadian city of Kingston, stands a naked statue of a man and woman. If the Chinese people see it, most of them will shyly don't look at each other
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Because in the Jamaican mind, "sex is fun" has become a pleasure. At the age of 16, a relationship occurred between boys and girls, and instead of seeing it as "indecent," they saw it as a symbol of breaking slavery and gaining emancipation.
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Because this concept is deeply rooted in people's hearts, there are not many sexually suggestive landmarks in Jamaica, but in this open atmosphere, Jamaican men and women will be more bold in love, and even meet during the day, love each other at night, and separate the next day.
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Then there are the dual causes of low education and income.
Although Jamaica has developed rapidly since independence, the drug and gun trade has been chaotic. In this environment, more and more social problems are breeding, such as the increase in crime and poverty.
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Over time, the gap between the rich and the poor among Jamaicans has widened, with most of the wealth in the hands of only a few wealthy individuals. In addition, Jamaica is an island country, although rich in mineral resources, but there are very few basic living materials, especially vegetables, meat, milk, etc. for daily needs need to be imported from other countries, and their prices are 25% higher than some developing countries.
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Simply put, ordinary people earn less and have no money, but they also have to bear the higher cost of living. As a result, there are many people at the bottom who drop out of school because they cannot afford to pay tuition, and most men and women have only a junior high school education on the mainland. And the vicious circle, the economy is getting lower and lower, and the thinking is becoming more and more limited.
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It should be known that, under normal circumstances, men are generally the main labor force in a society, and their education level and income affect each other. Moreover, there is a basic marriage custom in Jamaica, where the man must have a house in order to marry the woman solemnly and to support the family's living expenses during the woman's pregnancy.
For three or more reasons, men and women in Jamaica do not marry, but do engage in premarital acts at an early age. After the woman becomes pregnant, the woman's parents will calmly accept the results and discuss with the man.
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If the man is unable to marry but is willing to pay a certain amount of maintenance, he can move directly into the woman's house and live together until the woman meets another man who wants to marry and meets the conditions for marriage.
In addition, if the man does not want to, he will not force it, the woman can give birth and take care of the child herself, while the man can continue to associate with other women and even give birth again.
It is worth mentioning that women who grow up in such a social environment are inevitably influenced by subtle influences. In their eyes, the man is just a donor of sperm, has no ability, does not have his own intelligence, and naturally does not want to rely on men.
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Therefore, when a child is born and needs to fill in the names of their parents, Jamaican women generally do not write the man's name on the certificate. Either they don't want to, or they don't know who the father of the child is.
This has led to many Jamaicans being "fatherless", and the country of Jamaica is also known as the "country without a father".
In this case, Jamaican men consider their country a paradise and do not marry if they do not like it, but they can have sex with a large number of young women as long as they want to, without any consequences.
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A local taxi driver once proudly told tourists that he had had relationships with more than a hundred women. To be able to openly declare it shows that such things are already common in Jamaica and need not be concealed.
It is worth mentioning that in addition to Jamaica, the Netherlands is also a sexually open country. However, attitudes towards "same-sex love" are very different between the two countries, and the Netherlands normalizes homosexuality and enshrines it in law, but Jamaicans scoff at it.
Such unrestrained sexual openness immerses Jamaicans, but its adverse effects cannot be ignored.
The malpractice is serious
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You know, premature sex, frequent changes of sexual objects, and lack of sexual knowledge are all causes of AIDS, and Jamaicans have a high rate of HIV infection beyond the imagination of the world.
As a result, AIDS has become an epidemic in Jamaica, with an increasing number of deaths. In particular, the neonatal mortality rate is as high as 10.2 per cent and the under-five mortality rate is 12.4 per cent.
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In addition, the phenomenon of uncontrolled childbearing brought about by the chaotic relationship between men and women will reduce the quality of the people. Data show that Jamaica has a poverty rate of nearly 40 per cent, an unemployment rate of 9 per cent and an illiteracy rate of 12 per cent.
Children only have mothers and fathers, and naturally do not have a good normal family environment and educational resources. As a result, these children often fail to develop their personalities normally, engage in some extreme behaviors, and even commit crimes.
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A foreign study and experiment found that among the many causes of crime, the impact of single-parent families is much higher than that of others, and even low-income and ethnic factors cannot be compared with their impact. Similar studies have been done in China, and it has been concluded that the crime rate of children raised in single-parent families is 8.5 times that of normal families.
As a result, Jamaica has a consistently high crime rate and was once called the "most dangerous country". In particular, some larger cities have poor security, resulting in a bad momentum in tourism, which is the pillar of national income.
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The last impact is long-term development. With more and more children, their educational level is getting lower and lower, and their economic income is only decreasing. Therefore, the country has few highly educated talents, and the level of gross national economic income is also very low, and its national development is naturally affected.
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The famous educator Macmillan published a book on the state of colonial countries called "A Warning from the West Indies", in which he criticized the education provided by the British government to Jamaica, pointing out that it was fundamentally ignoring the unequal education of the people at the bottom, and said that in the long run, it would inevitably intensify social contradictions and cause unrest.
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Unfortunately, such pertinent opinions have not been well adopted. Even if it were to begin one day, it would be difficult to change the ingrained mindsets and behaviours of Jamaicans.
postscript
Although open-mindedness will bring many opportunities and challenges, excessive or even unrestrained openness will only cause desire to spread, and eventually cause disaster. Therefore, if a country wants to go long and steady, it must restrain its own behavior and achieve a target.