I've noticed a lot of women, especially on Baby Naming threads, but elsewhere here on MN too, essentially apologising for having an opinion, or a strong opinion, or for taking offence at rudeness, while pregnant, by putting it down to alleged pregnancy hormones.
Does anyone have any idea what this is all about? Is it something akin to 'old wives tales' about menstruating women turning milk sour, some sort of distrust of women while they are at their most powerful that women have taken on board and are now repeating themselves? Why is it ok for women to put themselves and their critical faculties down like this?
I have to say, I've only noticed this in the UK too. You'd be kicked out of the sisterhood if you went around playing dumb and 'hormonal' like this in the US.
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"Pregnancy hormones" .... GRRrrrrrrr
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mathanxiety · 12/06/2010 18:13
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