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Women Without KidsThe Evolutionary Myth of the Maternal Instinct with Gillian RagsdaleEvolutionary biologist Gillian Ragsdale on the myth of the "maternal instinct," and the extent to which the desire to birth a biological child is a social and cultural phenomenon. In the episode we discuss:-Why no mammal has a primal instinct that links sex to a desire to reproduce -Why we talk about a “maternal” instinct and not a “paternal” instinct -The real purpose of the sex drive in human beings-Why individual differences and preferences are overlooked in conversations about procreative potential -The different factors that might make a person mo...2022-11-2059 min