The biological clock DOESN’T EXIST: understanding women’s felt sense of urgency

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. “Conditional expression of women’s desires and men’s mate guarding across the ovulatory cycle“: “Variation in sociosexuality across natural menstrual cycles“: Social Media Facebook: LinkedIn: Instagram: Twitter: Website: Orion’s Theme: Thinking of going to grad school? Check out STELLAR, my top-rated GRE self-study program based on the world’s only empirically-validated test prep system. Use the code “PSYCH“ for 10% off all membership plans: . Become a Stellar affiliate and earn a 10% commission for every membership purchased by a new student you conduct into the program: . GRE Bites: @grebites4993 Become a Psychonaut and join PsycHack’s member community: Book a paid consultation: Sponsor an episode: Sound mixing/editing by: Presented by Orion Taraban, Psy.D. PsycHacks provides viewers with a brief, thought-provoking video several days a week on a variety of psychological topics, inspired by his clinical practice. The intention is for the core idea contained within each video to inspire viewers to see something about themselves or their world in a slightly different light. The ultimate mission of the channel is to reduce the amount of unnecessary suffering in the world. #psychology #women #relationship