women in society


A private matter between a woman and her vending machine?

Mary Rice Hasson | 15 February 2012 |
tags: morning after pill, universities
Developments on a university campus suggest it is time for the Supreme Court to update its famous definition of abortion.


Pink Lego

Rebekah Hebbert | 08 February 2012 |
tags: childhood, feminism, play
Why are feminists throwing their toys out of the cot over a victory for girl power?


Unnatural Selection

Jennifer Roback Morse | 06 February 2012 |
tags: books, sex selective abortion
A book by a pro-choice feminist faces up to an unintended consequence of the West's fertility war.


7 reasons why “Merry Christmas” will always beat “Season’s Greetings”

Michael Cook | 20 December 2011 |
tags: Christmas
Don’t let Grinches steal your Christmas by substituting meaningless slogans.


The parental happiness curve

W. Bradford Wilcox and Elizabeth Marquardt | 19 December 2011 |
tags: marriage, parenthood, religion
Why are parents with four-plus children happier, on average, than those with just a couple?


Nunsense about the pill

Alex Perrottet | 09 December 2011 |
tags: breast cancer, Catholic Church, contraception
Why the hazards of nulliparity in the cloister have nothing to do with the Vatican.


Abortion and mental health: science vs politics

Priscilla K. Coleman | 23 November 2011 |
tags: abortion-mental health link, scientific research
Publication in a leading psychiatry journal did not prevent a barrage of criticism for the author of a study showing the mental health risks of abortion.


Bad shot: when will WHO warn women about the contraceptive jab?

Carolyn Moynihan | 28 October 2011 |
tags: Africa, contraception, demography, HIVAIDS, WHO
The latest strong evidence that hormonal contraception is linked with AIDS finds experts still dallying.


Bringing up baby

Angela Shanahan | 27 October 2011 |
tags: childcare, motherhood, parenting
Why are there more than 900 books on baby care in print in Australia?


The science of eggsploitation

Richard Egan | 11 October 2011 |
tags: human cloning, hyperovulation, stem cell research
Human cloning researchers pay women to risk death so they can pursue their doomed experiments.


In the pink

Matthew Hanley | 04 October 2011 |
tags: breast cancer
Even the NFL supports Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But why is everyone ignoring some of the biggest risk factors?


Margaret Ogola: an African heroine

Carolyn Moynihan | 30 September 2011 |
tags: Africa, AIDS, heroines
One of four distinguished Kenyan women who died recently was a doctor who spent herself on the welfare of AIDS victims and strengthening the African family.


Twilight on the moors

Carolyn Moynihan | 27 September 2011 |
tags: feminism, literature, romantic fiction
Why does generation after generation return to a romantic novel written by the daughter of a Victorian clergyman?


Spanish mothers, families and children’s happiness

Carolyn Moynihan | 20 September 2011 |
tags: child wellbeing, family values, materialism
A UNICEF report throws more light than it intends on problems in British family life.


Can contraception make America better?

Carolyn Moynihan | 26 August 2011 |
tags: contraception, Obamacare, sexual revolution
The Obama administration thinks it can, but it has completely misdiagnosed the illness.


Contraceptive mandate is a boon for Big Pharma

Bob Laird | 25 August 2011 |
tags: Big Pharma, contraception, Obamacare
Why is President Obama giving drug companies such an easy ride?


Two women of character

Carolyn Moynihan | 09 August 2011 |
tags: Bernadine P. Healy, Nancy Wake, obituaries
War heroines and committed professionals are both necessary to civilisation.


Home truths for a liberal society

Sergio Belardinelli | 04 August 2011 |
tags: democracy, family, liberalism
The family is the place where society nurtures the values essential for an ordered civic life.


Household economics 101: human capital

Michael-Burkhard Piorkowsky | 07 June 2011 |
tags: economics, housework, human capital
If other social institutions had to perform the tasks of the home, society would immediately collapse.


Outsourcing parenting in Sweden

Jonas Himmelstrand | 13 May 2011 |
tags: childcare, family policy, Sweden
Is the Nordic country really a model for good family policy?


There are perks to being middle-aged

Joanna Bogle | 09 May 2011 |
tags: ageing, personal testimony, women
Like sitting quietly in a pub, reading and eating fish-and-chips.


Mother countries

Carolyn Moynihan | 06 May 2011 |
tags: family breakdown, Mother's Day, State of the World's Mothers
Does the State of the World’s Mothers report reveal the best performers?


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