My aunt used a surrogate for her son (now 18). By my observation, she felt just as attached as any other mother I've known or talked to. For instance, her son was diagnosed as learning disabled and she went to extraordinary lengths to get him the care he needed.
As for the immediate post-birth mother/child bond, if a woman wanted to experience it without pregnancy, she probably could. She could definitely experience breastfeeding.. and postpartum depression too. These are all responses to hormone levels -- progesterone, estrogen, prolactin, oxytocin, etc.. -- which could be mimicked via oral supplements or injections.
Another consideration is that fathers do not experience pregnancy (directly) but bond with their children. Sometimes they feel that bond immediately, sometimes it takes a little longer, but I don't think that the time it takes to develop a bond is a good indicator of its strength.
As for the children, their attachment to a caregiver is constrained by their brain development. They usually don't (or can't) show their preference for one caregiver over another until about 6 months of age. Attachment development varies from child to child but seems most intense between 1.5 to 2 yrs of age. (for more info look up John Bowlby or Mary Ainsworth)
I know differently. Again, as an American woman I may be the exception but I've never discriminated on those grounds. And I can say the same for most of my female friends.
However, it might be a convenient excuse for a woman who doesn't care to give oral in the first place. Couple that with the unfamiliar (in America) and, yes, I'd say uncut men may find it slightly more problematic getting head. How much more than a cut guy, I can't say.
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My aunt used a surrogate for her son (now 18). By my observation, she felt just as attached as any other mother I've known or talked to. For instance, her son was diagnosed as learning disabled and she went to extraordinary lengths to get him the care he needed.
As for the immediate post-birth mother/child bond, if a woman wanted to experience it without pregnancy, she probably could. She could definitely experience breastfeeding .. and postpartum depression too. These are all responses to hormone levels -- progesterone, estrogen, prolactin, oxytocin, etc.. -- which could be mimicked via oral supplements or injections.
Another consideration is that fathers do not experience pregnancy (directly) but bond with their children. Sometimes they feel that bond immediately, sometimes it takes a little longer, but I don't think that the time it takes to develop a bond is a good indicator of its strength.
As for the children, their attachment to a caregiver is constrained by their brain development. They usually don't (or can't) show their preference for one caregiver over another until about 6 months of age. Attachment development varies from child to child but seems most intense between 1.5 to 2 yrs of age. (for more info look up John Bowlby or Mary Ainsworth)
Proposed to or propositioned? (Not that it matters) Nope.. but don't you know women and Slashdot are mutually exclusive. I'm a figment. :)
I know differently. Again, as an American woman I may be the exception but I've never discriminated on those grounds. And I can say the same for most of my female friends.
However, it might be a convenient excuse for a woman who doesn't care to give oral in the first place. Couple that with the unfamiliar (in America) and, yes, I'd say uncut men may find it slightly more problematic getting head. How much more than a cut guy, I can't say.
As an American woman, perhaps I'm the exception but I could care less whether a man is circumcied or not. It's sooooo beside the point. :D
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Slightly more tech-saavy article as well. Baseline is a Ziff-Davis IT Project Management trade mag.without the annoying phrase "hacker hunter", can be found here:
http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1397,177439