More and more, I'm beginning to think that a society in which there is widespread use of birth control and in which the majority of women enter the labor force and work full time in an office is not going to be able to maintain replacement level fertility rates.
In which case, the future belongs to societies where women don't work and birth control is stigmatized.
It could be that there is a reason why the world was dominated by large patriarchal societies other than some sort of accident of history.
If that's true, then a society with lots of gig jobs or work at home jobs might help alleviate the problem. There could be other creative solutions, like reimagining higher education to give people time to marry and have kids before college. Other approaches are also possible. Whatever the reason, the secular societies will need to scramble if they don't want the world of the future to be dominated by orthodox religious populations.
In which case, the future belongs to societies where women don't work and birth control is stigmatized.
It could be that there is a reason why the world was dominated by large patriarchal societies other than some sort of accident of history.
If that's true, then a society with lots of gig jobs or work at home jobs might help alleviate the problem. There could be other creative solutions, like reimagining higher education to give people time to marry and have kids before college. Other approaches are also possible. Whatever the reason, the secular societies will need to scramble if they don't want the world of the future to be dominated by orthodox religious populations.