This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women.
1. The Three-Parent Family by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says a new bill allows children to have more than two legally recognized parents. Cue: Conservative freakout.
2. Dusting Off the Sewing Machine by Laura M. Holson of The New York Times says: No longer seen as domestic drudgery, sewing is embraced by the do-it-yourself crowd—both female and male.
3. The Olympic Struggle Over Sex by Alice Dreger of The Atlantic says even as it hopes to clarify the difference between male and female athletes, a new rule from the International Olympic Committee inadvertently stirs the waters.
4. 5 States Where “Living in Sin” is Illegal? America’s Irrational Love Affair With the Institution of Marriage by Thomas Rogers of Alternet.org says: Believe it or not, cohabitation is still illegal in five states. Why is the law so behind, and what’s at stake?
5. Donor Siblings, and a New Kind of Family by Tamsin Eva of The New York Times Motherlode parenting blog contemplates the very new, very non-traditional, type of extended family that has dropped into her life.
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