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Hmm. Are you thinking of this cartoon?
Heya, Barry! I'm so sorry if this isn't the place for it, but I sort of vaguely remember you doing…
To be admired, no. Capable of standing up to world leaders better than Trump? Yes. Not that that's exactly a…
"Have they never heard of Angela Merkel? Theresa May? Margaret Thatcher even? " Probably not, no. (I´m not sure I…
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Category Archives: Families structures, divorce, etc
Mother Arrested For Leaving Nine-Year-Old In Park
Lenore Skenazy of “Free Range Kids” reports: Debra Harrell works at McDonald’s in North Augusta, South Carolina. For most of the summer, her daughter had stayed there with her, playing on a laptop that Harrell had scrounged up the money … Continue reading
A few graphs about teen pregnancy and sex
Just putting them out there for reference and discussion. While there was a substantial drop in the pregnancy rate for 15–17-year-olds and 18–19-year-olds between 2008 and 2010, pregnancies among 18–19-year-olds constituted the majority (69%) of teen pregnancies. During this same … Continue reading
When Families Destroy Themselves From The Inside
On Tuesday of last week, I helped move my mother to her new house in New Jersey. This means that I am the last member of my family left in New York, and if you had told me fifteen years … Continue reading
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What Do Cultural Traditionalists Offer LGBT People And Abused Women?
There’s a teapot tempest going on over this Washington Post column. I basically agree with Conor Friedersdorf when he says “There Probably Isn’t Any Neutral Way to Report on Homosexuality.” A person who complains that the Washington Post’s “Date Lab” … Continue reading
Family Scholars Blog Symposium on Marriage Policy
Family Scholars blog is having an online symposium on marriage policy, featuring responses to their new “State Of Our Unions” report from various folks with an interest in family and policy. One thing that’s interesting is that this is a … Continue reading
Single Motherhood And Crime In One Graph
At the Atlantic, sociology prof Philip Cohen provides this graph: Looking at it from the perspective of 1990, it was easy to assume a strong causal relationship between the rise in single motherhood and the murder epidemic. By my reading … Continue reading
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Are Too-Strong Families Bad For Society?
The ways that too-weak family ties can harm society are frequently noted. But what about the other extreme — can overly strong family ties also harm society? Mark Silk at Religious News Service writes: It has, of course, been an … Continue reading
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The many differences between polygamy and same-sex marriage
Does advocating for marriage equality for same-sex couples require us to also advocate for polygamy — that is, for legally recognized marriages of three or more people? I don’t think so; there are crucial differences between same-sex marriage and polygamy … Continue reading
Adoption is not a woman’s sole decision
Ozy Frantz is a writer I almost always agree with. But in zir excellent article “11 Ways Men Can Be Better Feminist Allies,” zie writes: 8) Support women’s bodily autonomy. On a political level, of course, one should fight pro-life … Continue reading
YES! THANK YOU! It's been driving me crazy. Though I think I was also combining it on my head with…