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DINKY is an acronym and can stand for any of the following:
- Dual (or double) income, no kids.
- Dual (or double) income, no kids yet.
- Dual (or double) income, no kids yuppie.
DINKY is occasionally used (in the UK, India, and China) to describe a high-earning couple who choose not to have children and are therefore able to afford a more expensive consumer lifestyle than those with families. The term was coined during the 1980s, at the height of "yuppie" culture. The post-2000 economic crises have made this social pattern more permanent.[1]
A version of the acronym, DINK, is still used in the United States and Japan, especially for a subset of yuppies. DINK is sometimes used in reference to gay and lesbian couples who are stereotypically perceived to be childless.[2] This may also be a more appropriate term for couples (gay or straight) who prefer not to have children and consider themselves childfree. In the United States gays are some of the most economically advantaged people with personal income which is in excess of $50,000 a year [3].
Some marketers have proposed yappie as a term to describe similar couples who do have children.[4]
The dysgenic, dystopian film Idiocracy opens with a pair of DINKYs learning they are unable to bear children, while a lower class couple has many children. The film suggests that if the trend of DINKYs continue, intelligent professionals will become extinct due to lack of childbearing.
References
- ^ Wouter van Gils/Gerbert Kraaykamp, The Emergence of Dual-Earner Couples. A Longitudinal Study of the Netherlands, in: International Sociology, Jg. 23, 2008, p. 345-366
- ^ Cf. Chasin, A., Selling Out: The Gay and Lesbian Movement Goes to Market, New York: Palgrave, 2000; Fejes, F., “Advertising and the Political Economy of Lesbian/Gay Identity”, in E. R. Meehan and E. Riordan (eds.), Sex & Money: Feminism and Political Economy in the Media, Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2002.
- ^ http://www.rainbowreferrals.com/sponsors/statistic.asp
- ^ http://www.cim.co.uk/cim/ser/html/infQuiGlo.cfm?letter=Y
