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According to a survey of 1,279 five to 16-year-olds in the UK, kids are happier when Mom drives.
The survey, which painted dads as impatient and reckless and moms as competent and chatty, was performed by GEM, a motorist assistance company — sort of like the U.S. version of AAA. Read the rest of the results and tell us if you agree:
What do moms teach our daughters about weight, bodies and being female? Just about everything. In a moving essay in the weekend’s New York Times, Peggy Orenstein writes about her struggles with weight, body image and womanhood. Struggles she’s determined not to pass on to her own daughters.
In the annals of “yes, we actually still need feminism,” Jezebel reports on a new study today that shows women tend to quit their jobs if their husbands work 60 or more hours per week.
Women with husbands who work long hours are 42% more likely to leave the workforce than others. If they have kids and husbands who work that much, they are 112% more likely to leave their own jobs. The effect is strongest in households where the man works in a professional or managerial position.
While Barbie has been making strides to break the glass ceiling of corporate America (hey, Barbie’s a computer engineer!), a new line of Mad Men Barbies promises to set Barbie back to the subservient “don’t speak unless unless spoken to” gender roles of the 1960′s. Continue reading »
New moms might be better off staying home and taking a nap than getting behind the wheel of their car. That’s according to a new study out of Australia, where researchers claim that sleep-deprived moms are at higher risk of an accident when they get behind the wheel.
When considering whether or not a woman is a good candidate for IVF, should obesity be a factor?
In a new position statement, The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology suggests that obesity could be a factor in decided whether a woman was healthy enough for IVF, alongside other lifestyle factors like excessive drinking and smoking.
Men are primitive, or so goes the popular opinion. Thousands of books authored by men and women hinge on this notion. However; new research indicates males are the more “advanced” of the species.
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