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5 May 2017

Artificial wombs are only three years away – how scared should women be?

Some "men's rights activists" hope that technology will make women obsolete. 

By Glosswitch

According to the charmingly titled Men’s Rights Activist blog Boycott Bitches, “the future is pretty dark for women”. This is because: “Once artificial wombs are invented, real human women will become obsolete.”

If that’s true, then real human women had better come up with some contingency plan, because it looks as though the clock’s already started ticking.

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