[lbo-talk] Caroline Fourest: In Praise of Consent

[c b]

In her wonderful book, Delusions of Gender, Cordelia Fine reports
studies showing that from the moment sex is determined, mothers begin
speaking differently of their experience of the fetus. More aggressive
words are used to describe the kicks of boy babies than girl. Since
babies recognize their native language at birth, having heard it in
the womb, the embeddedness in social relations doesn't even have to
wait until a day after birth.

Doug

^^^^^^^
CB: This data point would seem to be evidence supportive of
essentialist arguments more than anti-essentialist arguments. The
mothers seem to be reporting that male fetuses are essentially more
aggressive than female fetuses.