I sort of do feel sorry for women but lean more towards feeling little sympathy given the haughty attitudes possessed by most in their prime, and privileged and rockstar status relegated to women by nature and society again in their prime years.
Though they have been given a harsh deal on the other hand, a few years where most, not all, are like kryptonite to men but then somewhere in their 30s they hit the wall and become increasingly invisible to most men for the rest of their life, every ounce of what made them desirable gone and almost unrecognizable in comparison to their prime years.
Even up to my early 30s, seeing even male acquaintances or family around me getting married in their late 30s I envisioned that I would still be open to it and that it could still be possible for me. Now that I have arrived in my late 30s, after a lifetime of desiring a partner/marriage, it's looking like an exponentially less feasible scenario. Given that at or near my age, most women have had numerous LTR, but (especially in a blind date situation setup by family/acquaintances) being special I would be expected to (cure her baby rabies and) get down on one knee after 1-1.5 years for someone who has failed in all her previous relationships up to her 30s. Makes less and less sense to me anymore.
Also in Macleans: http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/27/female-fertility-newsflash/
Scottish scientists have finally figured out why female fertility drops off so rapidly with age: a woman’s “ovarian reserve,” or the potential number of eggs she is born with, declines by almost 90 per cent by age 30. The study from the University of St Andrews and Edinburgh University found that most women are born with 300,000 potential egg cells but by age of 30, only 12 per cent are left on average; by age of 40, the reserve is down to just three per cent.
Though they have been given a harsh deal on the other hand, a few years where most, not all, are like kryptonite to men but then somewhere in their 30s they hit the wall and become increasingly invisible to most men for the rest of their life, every ounce of what made them desirable gone and almost unrecognizable in comparison to their prime years.
Even up to my early 30s, seeing even male acquaintances or family around me getting married in their late 30s I envisioned that I would still be open to it and that it could still be possible for me. Now that I have arrived in my late 30s, after a lifetime of desiring a partner/marriage, it's looking like an exponentially less feasible scenario. Given that at or near my age, most women have had numerous LTR, but (especially in a blind date situation setup by family/acquaintances) being special I would be expected to (cure her baby rabies and) get down on one knee after 1-1.5 years for someone who has failed in all her previous relationships up to her 30s. Makes less and less sense to me anymore.
Also in Macleans: http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/01/27/female-fertility-newsflash/
Scottish scientists have finally figured out why female fertility drops off so rapidly with age: a woman’s “ovarian reserve,” or the potential number of eggs she is born with, declines by almost 90 per cent by age 30. The study from the University of St Andrews and Edinburgh University found that most women are born with 300,000 potential egg cells but by age of 30, only 12 per cent are left on average; by age of 40, the reserve is down to just three per cent.
