Comments on: In the pink http://omegamom.com/2007/08/21/in-the-pink/ A "good enough" mom muses about alpha moms, adoption, computers, the State Of The World, Internet quirkiness, and the Kosmik All Wed, 23 May 2012 15:33:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: SBird http://omegamom.com/2007/08/21/in-the-pink/#comment-3673 SBird Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:40:52 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/21/in-the-pink/#comment-3673 In my experience, people (students) hate admitting to having been culturally constructed. I always figured their rejection of it for a control issue. Babies come out of the womb already being conditioned--moms and dads TALK to the bump in the belly differently--using differently pitched voices for a boy fetus and a girl fetus (post-ultrasound, of course). So, yeah, you're right. In my experience, people (students) hate admitting to having been culturally constructed. I always figured their rejection of it for a control issue.

Babies come out of the womb already being conditioned–moms and dads TALK to the bump in the belly differently–using differently pitched voices for a boy fetus and a girl fetus (post-ultrasound, of course).

So, yeah, you’re right.

]]> By: GrannyJ http://omegamom.com/2007/08/21/in-the-pink/#comment-3672 GrannyJ Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:19:17 +0000 http://omegamom.com/2007/08/21/in-the-pink/#comment-3672 IMO, any "study" of this type that isn't completely cross-cultural (at the least) is total hogwash.Even a baby has likely been over-exposed to pinks & blues. IMO, any “study” of this type that isn’t completely cross-cultural (at the least) is total hogwash.Even a baby has likely been over-exposed to pinks & blues.

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