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horizon the "truth about personality"

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MyHumpsMyLovelyBabyBumps · 13/07/2013 00:12

Did anyone watch this? It's on Iplayer. It discusses the way our genes change and how some people can become pessimists etc. Quite a lot was made of a rat study where less maternal rats didn't lick their baby rats enough so those baby rats don't respond to stress well. Fair enough. I don't know if dad rats tend to stay in the picture or not, however they then said based on that study they were following depressed people and their interaction with their mothers. No mention whatsoever of dads and how they might affect a fmaily.

Human dads aren't rat dads right? There influence should matter shouldnt it? We aren't totally responsible for fuckin up our children alone?Majority of DV is husbands against their wives..does that not affect children.

I admit totally I'm not in any way scientific so maybe I am missing something huge and this is actually very good science. I just found it really problematic and just more shit to hit women with

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MyHumpsMyLovelyBabyBumps · 14/07/2013 20:20

I thought that too grumble.

I'd have jumped on that Kim. I have a weird fascination with twins Blush

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garlicsmutty · 14/07/2013 22:15

That's interesting ... ... Would you know if your dad and uncle were monozygotic twins, or fraternal but look the same? There's a pair of identical-looking twins in my family, but they're not technically identical.

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