Fearful Choices
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Thursday, August 18, 2011
At the height of Operation Rescue’s clinic-blocking efforts during the Clinton administration, journalist Cynthia Gorney published a fine pair of articles in City Paper profiling pro-life activists and abortion clinic-workers, respectively.
They were very fair-minded pieces and formed the seed of a book she later wrote on the topic of the abortion wars.
Her piece on the atmosphere inside abortion... READ MORE
Women v. Same-Sex Marriage
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Marriage on Monday, June 20, 2011
Question: isn’t same-sex marriage inherently in conflict with the principle of the equal dignity of women?
I haven’t seen anyone make the argument but it seems obvious to me that for the law to say that same-sex marriage is the moral equivalent of one-man, one-woman marriage is simultaneously to proclaim that the unique gifts of women are officially, by government decree, not in any way important.
By that token, it’s opposed to the dignity of men, too, in that it (ironically!) un-sexes all of us. The challenge to women is direct, however. The womb? Child-rearing? Same-sex marriage proclaims them—and the policies and lifestyle needed to support them—insignificant.
Curious what you make of that argument. Is it persuasive?
Scorned For Being "Stay-At-Home"?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Thursday, March 17, 2011
Note: look for comments past #50 on successive pages.
My book club discussed Alice von Hildebrand’s The Privilege of Being A Woman last night.
A number of interesting questions came up, with decidedly different approaches, in spite of everyone in the room being a practicing Catholic striving to be faithful to the Magisterium, and all but one of us a stay-at-home mom at least until our kids were school-aged.... READ MORE
The Pill At 50
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, November 30, 2010
You have to read this remarkable article on the pill at 50.
Not much in it will surprise you—except for the fact it made the cover of New York magazine.
The author doesn’t share the Church’s moral outlook, yet wants women to think hard about whether being on a drug that makes you fake pregnant for years at a time doesn’t have a downside.
for the wheatgrass-and-yoga generation, there’s something about... READ MORE
Welcome To The Matriarchy
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Family on Friday, September 03, 2010
Hannah Rosin has a fascinating piece about the increasing dominance of women in the US—and the “disappearance” of men.
Earlier this year, for the first time in American history, the balance of the workforce tipped toward women, who now hold a majority of the nation’s jobs. The working class, which has long defined our notions of masculinity, is slowly turning into a matriarchy, with men increasingly... READ MORE
"Man"ifesto
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Monday, December 21, 2009
Have you seen the new “wear the pants” ad from Dockers?
A girlfriend gives the ad a big thumbs up.
She posted this, with a link to the ad in question, to her Facebook page:
“Last month, in a rare outing without the kids, but still visibly pregnant, I was on a full airport shuttle between the gates and baggage claim. Women, including myself, and elderly folks were standing, some moms were sitting... READ MORE
Does Having More Kids Mean More Happiness?
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Monday, November 09, 2009
Hmmm, this feels like a “no duh” kind of scientific finding, but sadly, in today’s world, it is shocking news:
For married individuals of all ages and married women in particular, children increase life satisfaction and life satisfaction goes up with the number of children in the household. Negative experiences in raising children are reported by people who are separated, living... READ MORE
Killed for Being a Girl
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Monday, April 13, 2009
Of course, none of us is surprised to read the “news” that China has 32 million more boys than girls under the age of 20.
But I was disturbed.
Though I know that China’s one-child policy has led to Chinese baby girls being aborted at alarming rates, seeing the numbers really brings the injustice into the light:
32 million more boys than girls. That’s a lot of missing babies.
This kind of news story... READ MORE
Women Deserve Better
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Access to abortion liberates women and makes them equal partners in their intimate relationships with men, right?
That’s what most modern-day feminists would have you believe anyway.
Sadly, though, reality is that easy access to abortion not only destroys human life, but also threatens to turn “liberated” women and their bodies into objects men can use and discard at whim.
A painful case in point:... READ MORE
‘Keeping Women Down’ With Breastfeeding
Posted by Danielle Bean in Family on Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Well, well, well.
I suppose it was only a matter of time before I read a feminist, anti-breastfeeding article like Hannah Rosin’s The Case Against Breastfeeding in this month’s Atlantic (HT: Crunchy Con).
Rosin is unconvinced by medical evidence that breastfeeding is a superior form of nutrition for human babies. And she may have a point there. Some of the studies comparing breastfeeding to formula... READ MORE
