Yeah, that’s really odd. Personally I have no awwwww response to human babies—in fact they actually disgust me a little—but I do have an awwwww response to human children and a sometimes-sexualized awwww response to some adult humans. In all cases my awwwww response is opposed to (although it can coexist with) an awe response.
It was mentioned that people are socialized to find bunnies cute, but I think that looking at gender differences in the same culture might reveal something since I don’t think men are socialized that strongly.
Yeah, that’s really odd. Personally I have no awwwww response to human babies—in fact they actually disgust me a little—but I do have an awwwww response to human children and a sometimes-sexualized awwww response to some adult humans. In all cases my awwwww response is opposed to (although it can coexist with) an awe response.
It was mentioned that people are socialized to find bunnies cute, but I think that looking at gender differences in the same culture might reveal something since I don’t think men are socialized that strongly.