Jun 26
This is from the article on aves (birds) on wikipedia.
In other words, in bird species in which male incubation is common, females tend to select mates on the basis of parental behaviors rather than physical appearance.
If only this were true for people. Not so much the male incubation part - though I can get behind the idea a father’s role is quite important between doing the deed and da’ birthin’ of the baby.
I don’t know why that brought this to mind, but it reminded me of a tribal culture we learned about in my Sociology of Marriage and the Family class. While a mother labors, the father stands above her in a tree with a rope tied to (ahem) … so, every time she has a contraction, she yanks the rope and he feels her pain.
Aren’t you glad you’re in the good ol’ U-S-of-A?
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