'Women don't need to be reminded of our own potential for childlessness in a university seminar - the message is drummed into us pretty much from birth' writes LivsFoster
In news no one needed to be taught today it was revealed that women at Murray Edward’s College at Cambridge University will be told they should start to plan for children by their mid-thirties or risk ending up childless. The fertility seminars, which will be taught alongside classes on consent and sexual harassment, have been bought in by Dorothy Byrne, the new president of the college.
At 33, I can’t think of a single moment in my adult life where I haven’t been aware that I may end up childless. Despite not knowing if children are something I want, I am reminded on a nearly daily basis. I am reminded by curious friends and by nosy family members – both close and distant – by co-workers, by dates and even relative strangers.
I’m so painfully aware of the ticking timebomb that is my body clock that I’m surprised I can’t hear it. Sometimes I’ve actually longed to be past the age where it can happen, just so I don’t have to think about it anymore. But this news isn’t just frustrating for that reason, it’s frustrating because once again it is women – and women alone - who are left to field this pressure. In September it was revealed that the birth-rate in England and Wales had dropped to 1.58, way below the 2.
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