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I'm not aware of such societies: the whole idea of women not being destined for childbearing is relatively new.

Some countries are firmly on the course though: https://www.scb.se/en/About-us/news-and-press-releases/2020-...

About all countries https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53409521 there is some exceptions like Nigeria(dropping slowly) but generally fertility rate is dropping all over world.

And none is close to being extinct

I wish fertility drops much harder in Nigeria. We have a very high poverty rate over here (40%) [1], but projections say we'll surpass China in population by 2100 [2]. I dread to think of what'll it'll be like that projection comes to pass.

1- https://databank.worldbank.org/data/download/poverty/987B9C9...

2- https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/403062-populati...

Once you get rid of all the irrational babies (e.g. through unplanned unprotected sex), the rational babies never get born as people notice how "unprofitable" it is to have children.

Free labour should be quite profitable. Something is going wrong if people aren't noticing the potential profitability of their children.

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