This appears to be the next installement in an ever-growing debate between married women (who know why you’re still single) and single women, who would prefer not to be told why they’re not married. The institution of marriage is in a more tenous place than ever, causing many to ask: who needs marriage, anyway? And […]
This is an interesting take on the impact of porn on relationships, from a relationship expert. When it comes to porn, his general rule is simple: less is usually better. Porn is just a fact of life, he argues, but when women start feeling like they have to compete with porn stars to excite their […]
I’ll never forget when a good friend said of her husband, “I swear he’s happier now that he finally makes more money than I do.” Yeah, many of us might secretly think that when breadwinning roles are reversed. But I’ve never seen any data proving this. Even worse, the media blitz covering the “Mancession” has […]
For folks who read Tracy McMillian’s recent article on Why You’re Not Married, here’s the other side of the story, from an unmarried Jessica Ravitz at CNN on why she’s not married. According to Ravitz, McMillian’s list of six reasons missed the most important one: “life happens.” Although this is more a personal account than […]
Check out Hanna Rosin’s most recent. Talk about a “shift generation”- A recent review of Census data shows that women under the age of 30 are making more money than men in all but three of the 150 biggest cities in the United States. Meanwhile, in a recent Pew Research Center survey, 67 percent of […]
A new Pew Study finds that “Even though most Americans have grown more comfortable with same-sex or unmarried couples raising children, they still view single mothers as detrimental to society, according to a new poll of attitudes toward the country’s soaring number of nontraditional families.” 40% of births are to unmarried women in this country. A […]
Ouch. Ladies: Tracy McMillan knows why you’re still not married. You’re shallow, slutty, lying, selfish, insecure bitches. Wow. Is this what people are saying about unmarried women behind their backs and is there any truth to this tongue-and-cheek tirade? Or is this just plain mean-spirited? Read the whole piece here and tell us what you […]
This NYT blog by Patricia Park is a tongue and cheek proposal to address the shortage of appropriate men, especially in NYC. Turn the Page, Session 1 (http://www.rolereboot.org/turn-the-page) has readings and a serious discussion of the demographics of this phenomenon. Rather than go to Korea, it might be prudent for young women to reexamine their […]
My work on Role/Reboot has led me to think about my career and experiences as a young woman in the 60s and 70s and how they relate to men and women today. From time to time, I will post stories that describe days of my life that may be of interest to others. This site […]
My two-year-old son, Jenner, really likes street lights. Standing before the inexplicably closed library, I think this is a very good thing. It’s the first day in a week with no rain and neither of us feels much like going home. Heading back to the corner, I set him down and sit cross-legged on the […]
In thinking recently about how partnerships and marriages are changing, I was reminded of a great piece by Sally Kohn, written this past summer in the wake of Judge Vaughn Walker’s ruling declaring Proposition 8 unconstitutional. Kohn argues that while expanding the privileged category of marriage may be a step in the right direction, without […]
This is a really good summary of the history of heterosexual marriage, and a persuasive argument for how the relatively recent revolution in heterosexual marriage arraignments (re: gender roles/expectations) has naturally paved the way for gay marriage. It’s also a good reminder of how far we’ve come in a short period of time. It’s amazing […]
