They F*** You Up

Scripting the punitive conscience

They may feel that their toddler will actually benefit from being cared for by others when they are at work, and consequently be unworried about leaving him or her.

If either group reads evidence that contradicts their position, it threatens to prick the bubble of their illusions. The same goes for all of us on innumerable topics. For example, when the publics of several developed nations were surveyed, homophobes tended to see homosexuality as a choice and the result of upbringing, whereas homosexuals and their supporters saw it as a genetically inherited preference. Believing in genes removes any possibility of ‘blame’ falling on parents.