Negating the negative effects of childbearing

For my setting, I wanted my people to have entirely no concept of sexism whatsoever. To facilitate this, I have made it so that the females of my race are broad-shouldered and generally flat-chested, having the same upper body strength as males. The only way to tell they were female would be if they removed all their armor, whereby their slightly more prominent hips and feminine facial features would become appreciable.

However, there still remains one more issue, which is the problem of childbirth. Now, I have no issues with the conventional way of conception, but in my setting, it would be a notable evolutionary advantage for the mother if she were not overtly hampered in combat while she was with child. This is because many of the women do the same crazy, foolhardy tasks as the men, and nature/dragons/golems don't particularly care who they decide to mess up.

So in short, is there any way for the soon-to-be mothers of my setting to not be hampered by childbirth (if you could include a way around breastfeeding, that'd be grand)? I would prefer a non-sci-fi solution (e.g. no artificial birthing chambers).

Notes: Don't worry about how they raise the children afterwards. Different city-states handle children differently.

Some ideas I already thought of, feel free to argue against them or for them:

1. They lay eggs
2. They give birth to tiny little barely-recognizable creatures, ala Kangaroos.

posted about 9 years ago

Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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