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The speaker describes the "slot machine" analogy for fertility, implying that women are biologically driven by pleasure and biological imperatives, using pregnancy as a game that yields a new life almost automatically. The narrative criticizes modern practices of outsourced childcare—daycare, artificial feeding, and digital entertainment—that make motherhood easier yet reduce genuine maternal engagement.
She asserts that women often limit their family size due to calculations about workload and security, and that society's tendency to prefer small families or only children stems from these considerations. This results in a cycle of limited population growth, especially in Western countries, where the number of children per family has declined significantly.