PSYC23H3 Lecture 8: Lecture 8 - 03-08-12.docx
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Men and women, the dotted lines, in the 70s were peaking by age 24, they were starting to get up to 80% on marriage (for women). Within 30 years it"s a profound change in marriage behaviour. These are implications for humanity in terms of the biological issue of reproduction. If you"re not getting married you are not having children as well. The majority of people are not going to have a kid until they are in their 30s now. You might get married and still have kids. All these readings are about the maternal brain. Of all the mammal species, only 10% are fathers. Fathering isn"t really a norm across different species. But if she has to take that responsibility, then she probably is not going to be refreshed and be able to produce children as often. You"re going to more reproductively fit if humans take advantage of that.
