The Femme Files

Do Men Have a Biological Clock too?

Ladies, it looks like we aren’t the only ones who feel broody. This comes as good news for those of you who didn’t think that your pub crawling counterpart would ever want to settle down with a dribbling bub.

It is a given that women are no strangers to cooing and oohing when they see a little bub; after all, we are programmed to love these little ones. Even if you don’t think you are, which I’ll readily admit the sentiment being only 24, apparently that will all change once I move up a decade as my biological clock starts ticking. Yet as it turns out, this feeling isn’t limited to just myself and other females-the clock ticks on both sides.

According to Dominic Knight, a successful writer and self-described bachelor “living the dream” the 33 year old would easily trade in his tangibles for something with emotions. As every parent knows, a baby will certainly give you emotions- a whole range of them!

But the idea of even have a crying baby doesn’t put Knight off. “So, while my lifestyle is certainly enjoyable, I’m increasingly certain that I’d happily trade it for a kicking, screaming bundle of joy.”

Isn’t it almost weird to hear this point of view from a man?

That’s because it’s a bit taboo for a guy to share their feelings of wanting a baby. They lose their masculinity and are possibly patronized by other men for “going soft” as another bachelor explains in his article “The Men Who Are Desperate for Kids” in The Times.

But these two bachelors aren’t alone. A study by the women’s NGO Catalyst (quoted in USA Today) found that the men of Generation X are less willing to compromise having families for career goals than their forefathers. According the researcher Paulette Gerkovitch, 79% of men born between 1964 and 1975 rated having a family as very important, while only 25% rated workplace success as highly.”

The same article from USA Today also gave an example of several famous men in this demographic who ended up leaving the women they were with because they didn’t want to have children. We won’t mention any names Brad Pitt and Benjamin Bratt…oops! 

So while the topic of male broodiness may not be overly discussed; hell, it’s already hard to get a guy to talk about any feeling…the truth of the matter is, babies are actually on their brain more than they are given credit, too. In the meantime, they may just be more concerned with the process of baby making than the byproduct of it.