But if I did know I wanted a baby, I'd plan carefully for one and consider artificial insemination by someone known to me, if marriage didn't come easily or naturally.

It seems to me distasteful to glom on to the nearest man in some panic-stricken race against the clock.
well it does seem that if what is being really sought is a sperm donor anyway, it is better to seek it honestly. Something to be said for honesty. You would think all the must have a baby YESTERDAY (not eventually) would kind of interfere with the actual development of a relationship for a relationships sake and it's natural course.

Do the women really want kids or are just afraid they will miss an important life experience if they don't have them (quite true of course, but then noone experiences everything). Do they even spend time with or like kids? Are kids the only path they see to a meaningful life? Understandable because life in this society does tend toward meaninglessness. Ah well I don't know.