ANT208H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Attachment Theory, John Bowlby, Female Genital Mutilation
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Falling sperm count: there has been a trend in falling sperm count during the last century, this is a concern because it impacts fitness. Environmental estrogens: things that mimic estrogens. Estrogens are the female hormone that stimulates cell growth: this can be contributing to cancer, falling sperm count. Excision- removal of the clitoris and labia minora. It can occur over a range of different times. Characterized by a series of compromises between maternal and fetal health: nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy. A way of shifting a balance: food aversions. Perhaps she craves because it is something that the baby needs o. Insulin resistance and gestational diabetes: pregnancy induced hypertension, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. Obsetric dilemma: humans have tried to reach a balance between walking up right and bigger brained individuals. Medicalization of the birthing process vs. midwifery and doula-assisted. The postnatal care and nurturing of a child.
