The age-old ‘Nature versus Nurture’ debate is alive and kicking in the world of pregnancy and parenting. Nature, nurture, or the patriarchy? Is the intuitive ability to nurture infants written into the female genome? Or is maternal instinct a patriarchal myth designed to keep women locked in the home? Is oxytocin (literally, the hormone which… The post Nature, nurture or maternal instinct? appeared first on Dr Sarah McKay .