Re: how many siblings?

jojo <[email protected]> wrote:

[...]

> > The biggest factor driving modern declining birthrates is the 1950's
> > development of reliable contraception (the Pill).  Motherhood became
> > a woman's choice and it enabled modern female emancipation so that
> > she could have her own career rather than being "just a homemaker".
> > 
> > Sex will always be much more fun than motherhood so this gave rise
> > to "free love" without consequences (other than the risk of STDs) hence
> > subseqent low fertility.
> > 
> 
> soon even physical pregnancy will be an option, like riding a 
> horse. you will be able to grow your chidlren in synthetic 
> wombs.. they have already done it with livestock, i think goats 
> or sheep.
>

See 'Brave New World by Aldous Huxley'.  (1931)

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_New_World>

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