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The End of Men?

August 4, 2010 in Just Life, Staying Home Didn't Kill the Feminist, The History of Women

Hanna Rosin’s recent op-ed, The End of Men, is (in my opinion) a slightly over-optimistic piece on the professional advancement of women. If you follow her argument, she is suggesting that culture is following economic gain—and women are finally gaining economically and thus the culture is shifting from the male advantage to a female advantage. She noted that more women in 2003 (>15%) said that they “must have a son”, down from about half in [...]

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The Happy Mother Myth

July 12, 2010 in Raising these kids, The History of Women, The Small People Know Me as "Mommy", Uncategorized

If you haven’t read this article about Why Parents Hate Parenting, you should. Lots of good sociology-rich info about the change in modern parenting and why modern parents report being less happy than their childless peers. In a research paper co-authored by Ranae Evenson and Robin Simon, they reported that “parenthood is not associated with enhanced mental health since there is no type of parent who reports less depression than nonparents” (empahsis mine). Though I [...]

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The History of Mother’s Day

May 9, 2010 in The History of Women, Uncategorized

I love looking up the origin and history of our current Hallmark-esque holidays. Since today is Mother’s Day, it was time to do some googling. The first of the Mother’s Day celebrations can be traced back to Ancient Greece and festivals honoring Rhea, the mother of the Gods (most notably, Zeus). As part of the assimilation of Christianity, the holiday was then rebranded as a day to honor Mary. It eventually morphed into a day [...]

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