This is a very culturally biased statement. Our current western culture is very &#x27;progressive&#x27; (in the ideological sense), and we generally view such an approach as a sign of &#x27;lagging behind&#x27;. If you ask a Singaporean, though, their priors are likely to be different and they may disagree - and probably not because they have failed to comprehend or &#x27;catch up with&#x27; our western mindset and its underpinnings. I don&#x27;t generally consider myself a relativist, but I find this sort of approach to these issues to be overly simplistic.