The Male menoPorsche
Kerre Woodham’s opinion piece Don’t blame us for men’s midlife crises published in the New Zealand Herald today made me howl. The midlife crisis men she describes, as well as, the ones I know, were not focused on forming relationships with younger women so they could have families. {rolling eyes}
Here are some choice excerpts but I urge you to use the link at the end of this post and read the whole article.
We’ve all seen them, 40-something men in the throes of the male menoPorsche - the condition whereby formerly respectable family men ditch the wife, hit the gym and trade in the family sedan for a red Porsche. …
Alan S Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa claim that when women start going through menopause, that acts as a catalyst for a man’s midlife crisis. Evolutionarily speaking, his wife is past her use-by date, and deep in his DNA he feels the need to go out and attract a younger woman with whom he can breed if he so wishes. …
Of course he’s no longer the young fit thing he used to be, but that’s okay. Evolution helps him out there, too. Youth and attractiveness are vital to a woman’s success in the swamp that is the singles scene, for men, wealth and power are what matters. What a crock. Don’t start blaming men behaving badly on women’s withered ovaries.
For a start most men were dead and buried at 30-up until the 20th century. Not a lot of time to be born, mature, procreate and die. And certainly not enough time for a midlife crisis. I’d love to know what prehistoric sample groups the researchers were basing their findings on. And why blame us?
Read the full article.
