You might find this article from the Smithsonian from earlier this year interesting. It does details some of the new scientific discoveries about motherhood and changes it brings. Women in a very real sense become chimera after giving birth, for example as they do carry around cells from their children. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-science-motherhood-180977456/
Quote;”People’s sexuality is an essentially private matter. We all think it a bit creepy and unnatural to walk around naked and have audiences to our sexual activity. There is something evolutionary in our sense of shame and/or sexual modesty.” << This is hit home to me, Michael. I cringe when i see explicit sex scenes in films (not porn, just R-rated). Also tv commercials for feminine hygiene and recently, graphic toilet paper, etc. i was quite active in my “salad days,” but my sexual escapades was sub rosa and private. I once told a black friend that IMHO, Jews don’t feel shame in the same way as Christians. I know this is a gross generalization but perhaps it’s b/c Judaic values are different than Christians. No judgement...just an observations.
Final two paragraphs are transcendent. Speaking as a mother. Thanks for this.
You might find this article from the Smithsonian from earlier this year interesting. It does details some of the new scientific discoveries about motherhood and changes it brings. Women in a very real sense become chimera after giving birth, for example as they do carry around cells from their children. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-science-motherhood-180977456/
Quote;”People’s sexuality is an essentially private matter. We all think it a bit creepy and unnatural to walk around naked and have audiences to our sexual activity. There is something evolutionary in our sense of shame and/or sexual modesty.” << This is hit home to me, Michael. I cringe when i see explicit sex scenes in films (not porn, just R-rated). Also tv commercials for feminine hygiene and recently, graphic toilet paper, etc. i was quite active in my “salad days,” but my sexual escapades was sub rosa and private. I once told a black friend that IMHO, Jews don’t feel shame in the same way as Christians. I know this is a gross generalization but perhaps it’s b/c Judaic values are different than Christians. No judgement...just an observations.