There's already indications that the trend is reversing a bit as women are realizing that they can have kids as late as 40+.
Don't think that there is a historical precedent - closest was Black Death which made peasant labour valuable and broke much of hold that the nobility had on their serfs.
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Date: 2009-08-19 03:57 pm (UTC)Don't think that there is a historical precedent - closest was Black Death which made peasant labour valuable and broke much of hold that the nobility had on their serfs.