Women in developed economies perceive a dichotomy between having a fulfilling career and having children, a dichotomy not present in pre-industrial agricultural societies where children worked alongside parents; this structural incompatibility between the 9-to-5 industrial model and family formation is a likely contributor to low fertility.
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“there's this perceived dichotomy for many women that I've spoken to where either you get to have a fulfilling career or you get to have children...our ancestors simply did not have this perceived dichotomy...the 9to-5 career only really existed after the invention of the assembly line.”
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