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Why societal expectations make it hard to know your own desires

I'm 38 and single and everyone asks when I'm having kids but I honestly don't know if I want them or if I just think I should want them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

External pressures can become so internalized that distinguishing authentic desire from social conditioning becomes nearly impossible.

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