THE PROMISES -- AND PROBLEMS -- IN BEATING THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK

From: The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | Date: November 4, 1990| Author: | Copyright information

Not long ago, after a midnight session with a male friend who was considering fatherhood at 50, I decided that middle-aged men suffer from a distinct biological disadvantage. They don't go through menopause.

This was a fairly quirky, contrary point of view. My friend did not long for the growth experience of hot flashes. It is more often women who resent the biological clock ticking loudly over their leisurely plans.

If anything, the female fertility deadline seems positively un-American, unfair. We are, after all, citizens of a country that believes in endless choices and unlimited ...

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