Monday, March 16, 2009

Gender in the News #6

Lots of motherhood issues in the news. Makes one ponder some of those sex vs. gender issues and what it means to be a woman. How does society reward or punish women for the possibility of conceiving (e.g., menstruating), for having lots of children or not (Quiverfull), for breastfeeding or using formula?

And, on fatherhood, the assumption that child custody should go to the mother even after death devastates David Goldman (though high-level help may be on the way).

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