Great news for women!

[CheertheSecond]

 

[georgelee5786]

Wouldnt that make every period an omega period, like three gorges dam busting period

 

[LeilaniOtter]

Seriously, isn't this planet overcrowded enough?

 

[DarkCrinkle]

O - O
Nah, that's like having irregular periods. Terrible suffering especially if you gotta release 3 months worth of blood.

 

[NotaNuffian]

Wouldnt that make every period an omega period, like three gorges dam busting period

So menstrual edging?

 

[georgelee5786]

So menstrual edging?

fuck you for saying it that way but yes

 

[Worthy39]

Wait, would that actually make those four a year worse? And even if it was, would you prefer the four, even if they're way worse, or just leave it the way it is?

 

[georgelee5786]

Also wouldnt extending fertility be meaningless since at a certain age the effects of giving birth might be too much for a woman to handle

 

[Mekami]

Also wouldnt extending fertility be meaningless since at a certain age the effects of giving birth might be too much for a woman to handle

Iirc, most women, if they never have kids I mean, hit menopause in their 30s (somewhere around 35ish?).

A woman I know (my own mother) had 6 kids (and 2 miscarriages). She had her youngest child at the age of 46. I'm not saying your point isn't valid, but there's probably only a real risk factor for women in(or after) their late 40s?

 

[CheertheSecond]

Wouldnt that make every period an omega period, like three gorges dam busting period

but why?

 

[Zagaroth]

Seriously, isn't this planet overcrowded enough?

Funny enough, the problem is now that the population is dropping off too fast, like an inverted pyramid.

Population is stable at roughly a birthrate of 2.0 (per woman, over a life time). Birth rates in many countries are more like 1.4, even 1.1; I think I even saw something about China being at 0.9 or something, but I am less certain about that.

Now, there is a lag effect, but we're starting to hit the first stages of it. The elderly out number the young, and the ratio is only going to get worse. Part of what makes this a problem is that the elderly will need support in many aspects of their lives, and there are not enough young people to both provide the support the aging population will need and to also do all the other things that a society and economy needs.

Total population won't start to drop until a decade or two after this mismatch hits its peak and the largest age group starts dying off. Assuming there isn't major economic collapse before then.

 

[Arkus86]

I believe this would also reduce ovulation to four times a year, meaning less chance to get pregnant in the same time frame. But I suppose it is a bandaid for the issue where some women prioritize career in their 20s and 30s, only to realize they want kids too by the time they are closing on their 40s.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

Funny enough, the problem is now that the population is dropping off too fast, like an inverted pyramid.

Population is stable at roughly a birthrate of 2.0 (per woman, over a life time). Birth rates in many countries are more like 1.4, even 1.1; I think I even saw something about China being at 0.9 or something, but I am less certain about that.

Now, there is a lag effect, but we're starting to hit the first stages of it. The elderly out number the young, and the ratio is only going to get worse. Part of what makes this a problem is that the elderly will need support in many aspects of their lives, and there are not enough young people to both provide the support the aging population will need and to also do all the other things that a society and economy needs.

Total population won't start to drop until a decade or two after this mismatch hits its peak and the largest age group starts dying off. Assuming there isn't major economic collapse before then.

Well, maybe if China hadn't systematically slaughtered baby girls being born for the past few decades, they wouldn't have gotten into the mess they have now.