I ran down the list of fertility articles published by Marie Claire in the last couple of years and this is the first of its kind - up until now it has been far more focused on IVF treatments and how it is a wonderful tool to delay motherhood.
So let's hope this is a sign of shifting sands - that people are now starting to talk the honest nuts and bolts about all things fertility to make sure we make informed decisions at the right points in our lives.
But we still have a long way to go. Seemingly the press is still embarrassed to run articles that discuss things like 'vaginas' but it is okay to discuss 'sperm' - what a wonky crazy world we live in. Until we get over these hang-ups, which are self-created, we are never going to really be in a world where we have open and honest discussions about the things that matter - and one of these are how babies are made and our own sexual health.
Anyway, one step at a time I guess. So for now - well done Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire! But dear magazines, this is just the first step - don't think you have discharged your duty to mankind with this one feature - keep at it, and keep spreading the word with more features like this please....
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