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Father's milk. (male mammals' potential for lactation)
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Discover
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February 1, 1995
- Author:
- Diamond, Jared
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 1995 Discover. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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TODAY WE MEN ARE EXPECTED TO SHARE IN THE care of our children. We have no excuse not to, of course, since we are perfectly capable of doing practically anything our wives can do. And so, when my twin sons were born, I duly learned to change diapers, clean up vomit, and perform the other tasks that come with parenthood.
The one thing I was excused from doing was nursing my infants. It was a visibly tiring task for my wife, and friends kidded me that I should get hormone injections and share the burden. Yet cruel biological facts appear to confront those who would bring sexual equality to this last bastion of female privilege or male copout. Males--and not just human males, ...