Seriously?? I think there are plenty of women out there that would be keen. As for the "time out to bear children" bit, this argument amazes me. For a start, the number of years a women takes out of the work force these days is only 10-15% of a typical career span which is hardly a killer. Secondly, that argument incredulously presumes that women become cabbages while at home and learn nothing, whereas it is likely that by the time they have learnt to manage toddler behaviour and served on kindergarten committees that they have learned more about management, governance, self-motivation and time-management than they would have in the workforce.
Looking around my friends these days (at age 49), most of the women are now the main income earner in their family.
As an aside, I would love to see a study on the brain reactions of men when a middle-aged woman makes a point as opposed to a man or younger woman saying the same thing... I reckon the amygdala would fire up when the middle-aged woman speaks, with the man automatically reacting like a teenager being berated by his mother. :eek2: