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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The biggest hurdle that women have is their biological clock which means that unless they procreate while they are relatively young, they will have missed the boat and the older they are when they get pregnant, the greater the risk of genetic abnormalities in the fetus quite apart from the difficulty in getting pregnant in the first place.[/quote]
That's not really a hurdle if you know about it, is it? Plenty of means available to get pregnant and screen the pregnancy.

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OTOH, men don't see a corresponding decrease in their ability to father a child as they get older and any effect is somewhat marginal.[/quote]
As long as they find a cooperating female, they are OK.

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Also - certainly based on the complaints of mothers - one of their biggest gripes against their husbands is that they don't take on the role of parenting to the extent that they should and the burden falls on the mother. Maybe being a "part time father" is something that some men would not have an issue with based on the complaints of women?[/quote]
I am sure some won't. Men, like women, are all different.  "Part time fatherhood" refers to time in the presence of a child, not percentage of child-rearing effort one actually undertakes.

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At work, the incessant complaint by single women who I associate with - some are attractive and accomplished - is that they cannot find a suitable guy who is willing to commit to a relationship. Why do you think men are so unwilling to commit?[/quote]
I think that might be a problem of single women with whom you associate - might you be seeking out the complainers? Start associating with married women and you won't hear as much of it.  The single women you associate with might be looking at the wrong men.  I personally never had a problem dating and marrying, and all my friends except one are married. So I do think the rumors of unwilling men might be just so slightly overstated. [/quote]
What is your location or demographic? Contrast, all my friends in their 30s are having great trouble finding suitable men and none are married. It's an increasing problem on the coasts. [/quote]

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