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The Maternal Instinct
Chelsea Kanaboy argues that this scientific story of the maternal instinct is actually pretty new, even though it might feel real when we observe nature. When you look across all species, you see that parenting is quite variable,. And it's not always just the mother who was doing that. So I guess my question is like, is it simply that the maternal instinct does not exist? Or is it something that exists in a different way than we conceptualize it?