"The perception is that studies like these apply mostly to aging lotharios with wives 40 years their junior. When the Wall Street Journal published yet another version of this story last year, it chose Larry King and Rod Stewart as poster boys. Yet women in their late 20s and early 30s who have no intention of becoming trophy wives forward this news with abandon every time it comes up. We’ve long wanted to share not just the parenting burden with a partner, but also our fertility anxieties. And here’s some solid science that shows we’re not alone. Or rather, that we shouldn’t be alone. We resent being asked by older relatives and well-meaning coworkers if we’re planning for kids yet, while our brothers and uncles and boyfriends are blissfully unquestioned."

Tick-Tock, the Male Biological Clock - NYmag.com/The Cut