Moss Justin H, Maner Jon K
Florida State University, 1107 W. Call St, Tallahassee, FL, 32306, USA,
Hum Nat. 2014 Sep;25(3):328-41. doi: 10.1007/s12110-014-9210-7.
The "biological clock" serves as a powerful metaphor that reflects the constraints posed by female reproductive biology. The biological clock refers to the progression of time from puberty to menopause, marking the period during which women can conceive children. Findings from two experiments suggest that priming the passage of time through the sound of a ticking clock influenced various aspects of women's (but not men's) reproductive timing. Moreover, consistent with recent research from the domain of life history theory, those effects depended on women's childhood socioeconomic status (SES). The subtle sound of a ticking clock led low (but not high) SES women to reduce the age at which they sought to get married and have their first child (Study 1), as well as the priority they placed on the social status and long-term earning potential of potential romantic partners (Study 2). Findings suggest that early developmental sensitization processes can interact with subtle environmental stimuli to affect reproductive timing during adulthood.
“生物钟”是一个有力的隐喻，反映了女性生殖生物学所带来的限制。生物钟指的是从青春期到更年期的时间进程，标志着女性能够生育孩子的时期。两项实验的结果表明，通过滴答作响的时钟声音来启动时间的流逝，会影响女性（而非男性）生殖时间安排的各个方面。此外，与生命史理论领域的最新研究一致，这些影响取决于女性童年时期的社会经济地位（SES）。滴答作响的时钟的细微声音会导致低社会经济地位（而非高社会经济地位）的女性降低她们寻求结婚和生育第一个孩子的年龄（研究1），以及她们对潜在浪漫伴侣的社会地位和长期收入潜力的重视程度（研究2）。研究结果表明，早期发育致敏过程可以与微妙的环境刺激相互作用，从而影响成年期的生殖时间安排。
