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Originally Posted by Hitch
Nope, but for the wimmenfolks, aging is most definitely--most definitely--tied to the former far more definitely than it is to men. Good ol' mother nature can't tell when a male has been successful in his seed-spreading endeavors--only that he made the attempt. With females, though, she knows pretty definitively and once that task is done, she doesn't care if you straight to hell.
Hitch
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From an survival of the species perspective, a mother's 'task' isn't done until she's done her bit to ensure that grandchildren exist and are being reasonably well raised.
Or at least that is the prevailing theory as to why we women stop being able to reproduce well before the end of our natural lifespan.