> an arms race between the placenta and the womb, and rather than a safe place to protect the fetus, the womb is more of a safe place to isolate the fetus and manage its access to the mother's resources while keeping the mother safe.
I don't see anything human-specific here, this would have been true for all placental animals no?
It doesn't sound inherently human-specific, but somehow it is. Well, other primates have it to a lesser extent, but other placental mammals don't, and we have it worse than other primates. Why only primates have this arms race between placenta and womb, and why humans have it worse than any primate, I don't know. But it's definitely a thing. It's the reason why humans menstruate while non-primate mammals don't.
Interesting, I did some more digging and found this for anyone interested in a nice paper:
Re:The sexes don’t feel pain the same way
by black-tea on Monday April 01, 2019 @07:55AM
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Yeah, a baby is literally a parasite. Fortunately it's quite easy for women to avoid accidental pregnancy these days.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal
In light of current energy crisis and other considerations, I implore you to consider the following proposal.
Human pregnancy is messed up beyond the obvious issue of squeezing our large brain through out narrow running hips.