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The speaker laments the decline of the nuclear family, pointing out that the same women who once prioritized family and children now divert their energies into education, careers, and social pursuits. The portrayal of women venturing into university and the workforce as “dangerous” as they are treated as commodities fueling marriage markets aims to suggest that contemporary culture erodes foundational familial bonds.
The critique emphasizes that the diminishing completion rate of women’s higher education post-World War II signals a shift away from intellectual pursuits towards superficiality. It implicitly criticizes modern entertainment and consumer culture as distractions that diminish real knowledge and familial responsibility.