Board Thread:Off-Topic Discussion/@comment-5441128-20160912023543/@comment-27794543-20160912032816

So, to reverse your reply, some women could be feeling like they are ready to be a mom.

Long answer:
 * For some women, they might be ready to be moms. Women might be ready at a younger age then men, not due to maturity, but due to having a significantly shorter biological clock.
 * Women's optimal fertility is in their 20's. It's not unusual for women in their thirties to struggle with fertility issues. Many women 45+ use donor eggs, since their own eggs are no longer fertile. Each woman is different, and some lose the ability to have a biological child much younger than others. Though men struggle with fertility too, they don't have such a great drop-off in fertility in their 30's & 40's.
 * Older woman have a much higher risk of having a child with certain disabilities or disorders. E.g. In the US, women under 30 have less than 1 in 1000 chance of having a baby with Down Syndrome vs for 35-year-old women it's 1 in 365 vs for 40-year-old women it's 1 in 90. Though older men also increase risk of baby health issues, it's not as significant as mother's age.
 * Women today are more aware of these facts then women were 20, 30, 40 years ago. So while many women want careers, they realize that if they want to have biological children, they can't afford to wait, unlike men.
 * For some women, it's not about having a child now, but it's about the future.
 * Society has a perception that women are more serious about relationships than men are. That is, there is a perception that women are less willing to enter a relationship unless she believe there is potential for serious relationship, leading to marriage. Thus, a woman who wants to have children in 10 years, might be unwilling to start a relationship with a guy who claims he'll never want kids. Another words, there is a perception that women don't want a relationship unless they believe the relationship can be a life-long one. There are certainly plenty of women who fill this perception, but there are plenty of men who do too.
 * For some women, they don't want children and they want to see if the guy is on the same page.
 * Some women just want to see you squirm.