This headline from the Telegraph intrigues me:
'Helena Bonham Carter pregnant again at 41'
Yes, indeed HBC is pregnant with her second child..but the 'again at 41' part is the kicker. Do people really think that women's ovaries shrivel up and die when they age past 35 or something? The word 'again' reads like getting pregnant at 41 is a miracle akin to the immaculate conception. 'Again at 41' as though women are selfish for choosing to bring children into the world when they are past a certain age. 'Again at 41' as if to say 'Silly woman! Everyone knows that women over 40 are past their use-by date!'
Despite all the mumbo jumbo about pregnancy risk in 'older' women, the truth is the number of women getting pregnant over 40 has doubled.
Source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/10/nbonham110.xml
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