29 JUN 2011 by ideonexus The Cultural Bias of the "Growth Curve"
Infants are compared to a growth average, but this average is based on on white, Western infants, other breeds of humans fall beneath or above the curve, resulting in their being considered "abnormal" when they are not.
Folksonomies: babies,development,normality,cultural norms,growth

29 JUN 2011 by ideonexus The Invention of "Insufficient Milk Syndrom"
A problem that did not exist before the introduction of bottle-feeding.
Folksonomies: psychology,normality,social norms

02 JUN 2011 by ideonexus One Who Can See in the Country of the Blind
The protagonist in HG Wells story can see, but that just means the society of blind people he encounters think him mad.
Folksonomies: culture,normality,hallucination