What do you think would happen if all women just suddenly decided to stop having babies?

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Some would still be born through rape but if the entire world population of women said "No" to procreation...what would happen to the world?

The world would be perfectly ok. Better due to the extinction of humans and lack of pollution. Humans would die out but tne world would continue.

If no babies were born then obviously the human race would disappear
I think men would capture the women and try to force them to procreate

You might enjoy this novel:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Children_of_Men

set in a world where sudden mass infertility strikes the globe

I think men would capture the women and try to force them to procreate

This was my first reaction too. Lets face it, it already happens to a lesser degree with draconian laws on abortion (and miscarriage being treated as abortion in some countries.

Watch children of men OP. Similar ish situation. I agree with a PP, the men would force the women in the end

Do you mean a sex strike or use of contraceptives?

There are a lot of precedents for what governments around the world do when they think that birth rates are too low.

This is whymen want to control women....women are in control of making new humans and men when don't want them to have that power
Men see women as a resource and they try to position themselves so that they have have access to and control over that resource

Smile contraceptives. I mean there are enough female chemists and scientists who know how to make contraceptives so if men tried to stop the production of them, we'd probably still get them.

At first, nothing. Eventually though, women would be taken and forced to breed.

Probably held captive in large buildings with a lot of security.

What @Marzipan12 said. Humans are a blight on the planet and all its other species.

Gilead.

I mean there are enough female chemists and scientists who know how to make contraceptives so if men tried to stop the production of them, we'd probably still get them.

There would be men, and plenty of women helping them, to try and stop that production.

Look at novels like The Handmaids Tale where fertility becomes a coveted resource and a high level of control is exerted over women - both by men and by other women - to ensure that men can have access to it.

No more soft play! The death of the human race is almost a price worth paying....

At first, nothing. Eventually though, women would be taken and forced to breed.

This, however there would be no need to take them somewhere, that's for a limited fertile women scenarios. Laws would slowly come in to reduce access to contraception(like certain conditions being met, approval by husband/partner, exorbitant prices or simply no availability), abortion made illegal etc.

so if men tried to stop the production of them, we'd probably still get them.

For a short while, yes. But women simply don’t have the power to do that freely and safely.

there are enough female chemists and scientists

Those chemists and scientists would be imprisoned and/or killed. The men would very quickly legislate for it.

I think men would take by force what isn’t given willingly.

A bleak thought for sure but I’m in one of those moods.

@Marzipan12

The world would be perfectly ok. Better due to the extinction of humans and lack of pollution. Humans would die out but tne world would continue.

This. The planet would heal and blossom.

The men would make us through various carrot and stick methods. Ranging from offering more money, housing and benefits to couples with children to banning abortion and contraceptives.

I'm convinced that a large number of anti-abortionists are more concerned with controlling women than the rights of the foetus. If they were so concerned about babies they would be campaigning for better early years help and making sure no child grows up in poverty.

Well it's an unlikely scenario...do we pick a date? Next Tuesday?

But being less flippant, we're kind of getting to this scenario but in slowmo. Birth rates are decreasing, I don't think there is a country with a developed economy where birth rates are at replacement level (2.1 babies per woman). Birth rates would be much lower if the unmet need for contraception was addressed.

In general governments tend to either encourage more babies by increasing incentives like Iceland(the most gender equal country) with generous parental leave, childcare provision etc or coerce pregnancies like China (now making divorce harder, restricting abortion).

Women have more options than only motherhood these days but peeps still love sticking their noses into our business.

The world would go on without humans perfectly well. This isn't likely to happen though as some women have a biological urge to have children and nurture them. It isn't only men who have a drive to reproduce.

This. The planet would heal and blossom

Nah, the rape factories would definitely happen. I just don't doubt that for a second.

The final fifty years of humanity would be hellish for those who remained. No care, barely any medicine or industry to keep things going. The life expectancy would be pretty poor.

I agree it's an unlikely scenario but it's still an interesting thought experiment!