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Welcome to late night, women, I'm Lauren Levern. Each week we ask our guests to bring us things that are important to them.

In the studio with me are neuroscientist, Professor Sophie Scott. Hi Sophie. Hi. Technology evangelist, Dr Sue Black. Hello.

Hello. And journalist and academic Zoe Strimple. Welcome, Zoe. Hi. Thanks.

Zoe, you want to talk on the program about freezing eggs. There's been a recent study that said women are freezing eggs for men, not because of their careers.

What's going on?

Well, it's interesting.

Starting in the 80s, I guess, or in the 90s, there was this absolute obsession with,

I guess it's what Susan Faludi, the feminist called Backlash, which was that now that

women had come liberated and had their careers, you know, they were going to, they would be

shriveled up, sterile, miserable, chocolate binging, shoulder cap, shoulder pad wearing,

martini, swigging, alcoholics. And that and that you know women could not have their cake

and eat it essentially they they couldn't have careers and families but what i think is so interesting

about this data which is is that it confirms probably what a lot of women in their in their mid to late 30s

or even early 40s have known all along which is that it's not really about the shoulder pads and the

martinis and sort of getting out there with you you know, head to head with the boys.

I mean, women are now the more educated sex.

Women are making strides in all kinds of professional domains.

The issue, you know, when I parked out my ears at that this is somebody who has studied dating extensively,

is to do with the quality of men. I mean, it's not necessarily presented in those terms. It was

presented in terms, well, actually it was presented in those terms, the sort of available life

part, the sort of catastrophe of availability. And I think it's really interesting because

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