We Expect 300k Fewer Births Than Usual This Year in the US

Re:We Expect 300k Fewer Births Than Usual This Year in the US by sandworm101 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @07:42AM (#26341597)

We are no longer purely instinctual animals unable to control our drive towards reproduction. Oppertunity for sex is no longer the controlling factor. Economic realities now dictates when and where we choose to reproduce.

But after seeing footage of a highschool prom where, because covid, the kids were only allowed to dance back-to-back, and the health advice about having sex through walls, maybe we are soon going to have more basic issues too.

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Re:We Expect 300k Fewer Births Than Usual This Year in the US by Scandiravian on Thursday March 04, 2021 @07:48AM (#26341657)

I think that's a good point. I probably should have elaborated a bit, that I wasn't talking purely instictual increase in sexual activity, but also an increase in opportunity to discuss and plan having a baby

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Re:We Expect 300k Fewer Births Than Usual This Year in the US by auganov on Thursday March 04, 2021 @08:29AM (#26342062)

No idea what it really is but it would make sense for the instinct to be quite the opposite to prevent inbreeding.

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