Anthropology 3332F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Couvade, Margaret Mead, Morning Sickness
2 Feb 2021
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Scientists discover fathers going through changes alongside women during pregnancy. Study fathers develop morning sickness, weight gain, cortisol levels spike, decrease in testosterone, stomach swelling, etc: = couvade syndrome psychological condition (psychosomatic). Cross-cultural researchers use info from different societies to try to arrive at general principles and general explanations. One of the biggest limitations in cross-cultural research societies are unique from one another, but there are always going to be similarities simultaneously occurring. Lack of memory of or experience with infancy. Infants often understood as pre-cultural, purely biological beings. Babies have no agency + association with women"s lives. Babies communicate in a way that we aren"t fully used to/understand. Importance of cross-cultural research on experiences of infancy & caretakers. Through this research, we can contribute to enduring social and philosophical debates about the role of nurture in shaping human lives. Comparisons can also lead us to develop and refine the terms/concepts we use to think about people in all societies.
