Finland ranks third in EU for divorce rate, marriage rates remain low. A closer look at the science and the numbers

Finnish media reported that Finnish women are divorcing at a record scale. Humans are mammals which walked the Earth some 225 million years before the present, and over a long period of time, they changed: their diet which caused their brains to grow and gave room for the executive functions, their lifestyle to hunting and gathering, again - they settled, which lead to a very successful social construction - the family. That ended with feminism, a marxist idea which claims that capitalism and family are threats to women. Science demonstrates that: men are doing great alone, women feel better with the family, children who grow up with both parents or the father, have better executive functions compared to kids who grow up with a single mother. 20% of Finnish kids and young people have mental issues. 40% of Finnish are victims of [women's] psychological violence in the home environment. Aggression is a marker for Alzheimer's; Finland is the world leader and the prevalence per capita is twice compared to Sweden. Finland is also marked by tribalism. This seems to have a consequence on Finland's economy; In February 2024, the national debt was 74% (Sweden: 17%), and has since risen to 82%. Entrepreneurship and innovative thinking has hit rock-bottom. 6 pages.

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Finnish media reported that Finnish women are divorcing at a record scale.

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Humans are mammals which walked the Earth some 225 million years before the present. ~160 million years later, the Chicxulub impactor struck the Earth, wiped out most of the dinosaurs, and started a new era: Cenozoic - the age of mammals. Even though mammals had existed for a long time, the environment wasn't suitable for them to thrive. When the dinosaurs were gone, they could. Another ~60 million years forward in time, our lineage existed. One theory holds that they lived in the Tugen Hills between lake Victoria in Uganda and Lake Turkana in Kenya, on the African continent (Pickford och Senut, 2001; Pickford, 2006).

Another 2.5 million years forward in time, they added bone marrow to their diet, starting a reduction of the guts, and an expansion of their brains (Aiello och Dunbar, 1993; Aiello och Wheeler, 1995; Mann, 2018; McPherron et al. 2010; Thompson et al. 2019). 800 000 years later, our genus - Homo - existed (Kimbel och Villmoare, 2016; Villmoare, 2018; Villmoare et al. 2015). They added meat to their plates (Pobiner, 2016).

The brain expansion opened the door for a set of new mental capabilities - the executive functions (Ardila, 2008, Ardila et al. 2018; Adornetti, 2016; Barkley, 2001; Coolidge and Wynn, 2018). They became upright thinking hunters and gatherers (Mlodinov, 2015)

320 000 years before the present, our specific species existed (Hublin et al. 2017). ~250 000 years later, combinatory thinking was added to the executive functions (Ambrose, 2010; Pringle, 2016).

50 000 years later, after the last ice maximum, they changed their lifestyle - settled, started farming, baked the first bread and brewed the first beer (Arranz-Otaegui et al. 2018; Hodder, 2018; Liu et al. 2018). This eventually led to the lifestyle we have today. Family is a social construct which survived because it benefited the offspring, and the parents. However, men can cope with loneliness, whereas women need friends and family (Dunbar, 2021; MENAFM, 2025; Pinker, 2005).

In late 1848, the Communist League commissioned Karl Marx (1818 - 1883) and Frederich Engels (1820 - 1895) to publish the political pamphlet Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei, which later became the Communist Manifesto.

“Marx and Engels assert that capitalism is marked by the exploitation of the proletariat (working class of wage labourers) by the ruling bourgeoisie, which is “constantly revolutionising the instruments [and] relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society”. They argue that capital's need for a flexible labour force dissolves the old relations, and that its global expansion in search of new markets creates “a world after its own image” ...

Marx and Engels assert that capitalism is marked by the exploitation of the proletariat (working class of wage labourers) by the ruling bourgeoisie, which is “constantly revolutionising the instruments [and] relations of production, and with them the whole relations of society”. They argue that capital's need for a flexible labour force dissolves the old relations, and that its global expansion in search of new markets creates "a world after its own image””. (Wikipedia).

One can claim that feminism is an “offspring” from communism. Here's what Copilot suggested: Marxism and feminism intersect in their critique of societal structures that perpetuate inequality and oppression. Here are some key connections:

• Shared Focus on Oppression: Both Marxism and feminism analyze systems of power and domination. Marxism focuses on class oppression, while feminism addresses gender inequality. Together, they explore how these systems intersect and reinforce each other.
  
  
• Economic Foundations: Marxist feminism examines how capitalism exploits women, particularly through unpaid domestic labor and gendered economic roles. It argues that dismantling capitalist structures is essential for achieving gender equality.
  
  
• Historical Materialism: Marxist theory, as outlined by Friedrich Engels in The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State, suggests that the oppression of women is rooted in the development of private property and class society.
  
  
• Communist Movements: Communist ideologies have historically included feminist elements, advocating for women's rights and participation in the workforce. However, the implementation of these ideals has varied across different communist regimes.

Starting from the year 1900, communism is the deadliest ideology year to date, with more than 100 million dead people in the mass graves to its name (some say 200 million people). In a similar vein, feminism has proven to be a disruption to the successful social construct family.

Here's why this is bad.

When women divorce, they typically also start a custodial conflict to isolate the child or the children from the father. These actions are supported or triggered by personnel in the social service who's work lacks scientific support (Bergström et al 2022), but rather seem to be inspired by Margot Honecker (1927 – 2016), wife of one of the deadliest communist dictators Erich Honecker (1912 -1994).

“Margot Honecker was widely referred to as the “Purple Witch” ("Lila Hexe” in German) for her tinted hair and hardline Stalinist views.[2] She was responsible for the enactment of the “Uniform Socialist Education System” in 1965 and mandatory military training in schools to prepare pupils for a future war with the west”.

In Sweden and the US, personnel in the courts typically (~75%) follow the guidelines from the social service, and also apply the presumption of motherhood (Mater semper Certa Est), which mean they discriminate against children's father relation.

Women who start custodial conflicts typically suffer from mental health issues, for example high degree of neuroticism, including envy and irrational aggression, and Borderline personality disorder (Jiang, Dong och Wang, 2022; Ode et al. 2009; Ruffalo, 2024; Weisberg et al. 2011; Zalewski et al. 2014). The manifestation is relational aggressiveness (psychological violence in the home environment (Crick och Grotpeter, 1995, Hyde, 2005).

Here's the catch:

Research on children's adjustment and development of the executive functions, demonstrate that children who are brought up with both parents or the father, has better adjustment and development compared to kids who grow up with the mother (LaFlamme et al. 2012; Rolle et al. 2019; Sethna, 2017; Vieno et al. 2009, 2014;Österberg, 2004).

That's probably why growing up with a single mother typically leads to executive dysfunction, including the risk of developing antisocial behavior (Calkins och Keane, 2009; Moffitt et al. 2001; Vieno et al. 2009, 2014).

20% of Finnish kids and young born 1997 or later has mental issues (Finland's child commissary, Elina Pekkarinen, November, 2022). 40% of the Finnish school children are victims of psychological violence in the home environment (Maj Estlander, Bensow, November, 2023).

But why are Finnish women's relational aggressiveness more prevalent compared to Sweden?

There are at least two factors at play.

• Tribalism. Since the Russian invasion (1808) and the imposition of a Uralic language, Finland has been characterized by tribalism (Pagel, 2019).
  
  
• Alzheimer's - Finland is the world leader, and the prevalence is twice compared to Sweden. Ergo. It's cultural. A marker for Alzheimer's is aggression, like in relational aggressiveness (Österberg, 2024).
  
  
• This seems to have a consequence on Finland's economy; In February 2024, the national debt was 74% (Sweden: 17%), and has since risen to 82%. Entrepreneurship and innovative thinking has hit rock-bottom (Sitra Fund, December, 2024).

~2010, A Swedish insurance company estimated the cost over a lifetime for 277 kids who had developed antisocial behavior: 4 billion Swedish krona. Translating the to current value and Euro= 500 500 000, or 18 million Euro/kid.

20% of kids and young people born 1997 or later ~40 % av school kids ~250 000 kids and young.

18 million Euros times 250 000 = 451 714 801 444 Euro (I hope I miscalculated).

Also read: How do emotions affect people's minds when the future is uncertain and does valence play a role?

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