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thenewgreen  ·  4905 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Mark Schaller: The Behavioral Immune System
"One consequence is that women are more sensitive to sights and smells and tastes that trigger disgust. Another consequence is that, compared to women in later stages of pregnancy, women in their first trimester show higher levels of ethnocentrism and xenophobia". -My wife was in Peru when we found out she was pregnant. Her disdain for the food/her surroundings was unlike her. -I imagine that this played into that.

This also explains peoples irrational aversion to acne and other benign skin problems.