December 1, 2011
Many women are putting kids on the back burner until they get an education and career. The consequence? Some women are left childless. But there’s new evidence that educated women, for the most part, are actually having more kids. Canada is the odd woman out. While women in the US are getting an education without ...
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September 21, 2011
As much as we all want supermoms to exist (and want to be one ourselves), everyone needs a little help from their loved ones. Although there’s daycare and nannies, some women cannot afford to pay for childcare. So they rely on “Team Mom,” a close-knit network of friends and family, to help them out. A ...
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September 13, 2011
Your husband may think he’s not ready to be a father, but once he is, his body will clue in and make sure the job is done right. Researchers looked at 624 men in the Philippines for 4.5 years and discovered that they had lower levels of testosterone after the birth of their children. Why? ...
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macho man,
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September 9, 2011
Australian businesswomen are attempting to blame their lack of climb up the success ladder on a lack of nannies. Wait, what?! Okay. I get their anger with the business world. For starters, there is only 16.4 percent women on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) 100 boards and only 68 boards with women on the ASX 200 ...
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government childcare,
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parenthood,
sexism,
women in business,
working fathers
August 8, 2011
Are you a woman who wants to share her knowledge with the world and the millions of young students trying to find sources for the research papers they’ll be finishing at the last minute in the upcoming school year? Apply to work for Wikipedia. Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is calling for more women to become ...
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jimmy wales,
traditional gender roles,
Wikipedia,
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women geeks,
women in business,
women in IT,
workplace diversity
June 7, 2011
Who said women couldn’t make awesome businesswomen? Turns out they are in possession of one of the most valuable commodities, breast milk. So those who can sell it on the Internet in exchange for quite a bit of cash. Called a mother’s natural liquid gold, a month’s supply of milk can cost anywhere from $300 ...
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April 28, 2011
What if you were offered money to get pregnant — would you take it? Probably not, according to a new report. Many countries offer new parents financial incentives to boost their populations and these generally don’t work very well. But when childcare is on the table, women are much more likely to pregnant. This shouldn’t ...
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November 22, 2010
In the best marriage the husband and wife both work and take care of the children. – 64% of Americans
August 11, 2010
Mommies are getting judgmental about a new court ruling. In Massachusetts it is now legal to fire a woman for taking more than the state mandated 8 weeks off without pay. Won’t somebody think of the children?
July 15, 2010
Some women give up their careers to care for their families, and guess what? They’re feminists… and they like it! The Daily Mail, convinced they stumbled onto a new phenomenon, devoted over 2000 words to this article. But I have to wonder, are they trying to recruit? Every one of the women the Daily Mail ...
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