The article forgot to mention that sperm deteriorate as well, so career-only men should freeze sperm early too! https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2006/NR-06-06-01.htmltoo! https://www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2006/NR-06-06-01.html Of course, older women with frozen eggs should try to have kids with a younger man or one who has some sperm frozen. Or adopt! And maybe, if we also had universal health coverage, universal childcare, and walkable comunities (critical for parental freedom from driving), as some countries do, and the expectation that fathers are up for co-parenting, as an ever-increasing number are, we would be able to add nuance to the family/career dichotomy as a model.
Rachel O'Malley Sent from my iPhone On May 14, 2012, at 8:25 PM, "Clara B. Jones" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ecolog-l: In recent discussions on this ListServ & elsewhere, some female > grad students, post-docs, and early-career researchers have expressed > challenges with "work-life balance", &/or changed priorities when they have > 1 or more children before achieving a secure academic or comparable > position in their specialty. Perhaps, freezing eggs for post-tenure or > comparable status use would solve these problems? See this article [linked] > from today's *New York Times*. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/us/eager-for-grandchildren-and-putting-daughters-eggs-in-freezer.html?_r=2&hp > > > > > clara b. jones > Blog: http://vertebratesocialbehavior.blogspot.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/cbjones1943
