Episode 355: The biological clock doesn’t exist

<p>The biological clock, generally understood as a felt sense of urgency arising from a woman's physiology as she nears the end of her reproductive window, can't exist as such. If this urge were biological, we would expect it to occur when a woman is most likely to conceive and carry a viable pregnancy (i.e., when she is young and fertile). The historical record would also likely look very different. In this episode, I make the case that the urgency in question is more of a psychological clock than a biological one.</p> <p>"Conditional expression of women's desires and men's mate guarding across the ovulatory cycle": <a href='https://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/comm/haselton/papers/downloads/haselton_gangestad.pdf'>https://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/comm/haselton/papers/downloads/haselton_gangestad.pdf </a></p> <p>"Variation in sociosexuality across natural menstrual cycles": <a href='https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342556732_Variation_in_sociosexuality_across_natural_menstrual_cycles_Associations_with_ovarian_hormones_and_cycle_phase'>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342556732_Variation_in_sociosexuality_across_natural_menstrual_cycles_Associations_with_ovarian_hormones_and_cycle_phase </a></p> <p>Social Media</p> <p>Facebook: <a href='https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090053889622'>https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090053889622 </a></p> <p>LinkedIn: <a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/orion-taraban-070b45168/'>https://www.linkedin.com/in/orion-taraban-070b45168/ </a></p> <p>Instagram: <a href='https://instagram.com/psyc.hacks'>https://instagram.com/psyc.hacks </a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href='https://twitter.com/oriontaraban'>https://twitter.com/oriontaraban </a></p> <p>Website: <a href='https://oriontarabanpsyd.com'>https://oriontarabanpsyd.com </a></p> <p>Orion's Theme: <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrXBzQ2HDEQ'>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrXBzQ2HDEQ </a></p> <p>Thinking of going to grad school? Check out STELLAR, my top-rated GRE self-study program based on the world's only empirical