Maternal Dilemma Questions
1. The girls in Malta are playing a special kind of hopscotch. What do the nine compartments stand for?
2. Desmond Morris suggests that maternal burden is greater for humans than any other species. What is the greatest
difference between men and women?
3. In more “modern” times, women were confined to home after birth. What does the mother attending a religious ceremony
signify?
4. What do couples in Estonia do on their wedding day?
5. What is the symbolism of dressing boys in blue?
6. What is the symbolism of dressing girls in pink?
7. What benefits were given for a Chinese couple to have only one child?
8. What is the “granny solution”?
9. What does Desmond Morris suggest is the evolutionary reason women live longer than men?
10. What solution to the idea of childcare is found in Utah and Cameroon, West Africa?
11. What is the “paternal solution”?
12. List a couple of drawbacks of the “paternal solution”.
13. In the UK what happened when 5yearold
boys and girls were given a choice of toys to play with?
14. What did their choices suggest?
15. In Mexico, how do girls express the “caring side of their personalities”?
16. What is kangaroo care?
17. How is kangaroo care beneficial?
18. What are your opinions of bringing your child to “work” or staying at home with the children
