by Laura | Dec 27, 2017 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
Now for Part II of childfree trends we have seen this past year. In addition to muddied use of “Childfree,” “Child-free” “Child free “and “Childless” I wrote about in Part I, five more childfree trends are worth noting: Even more stories on being denied sterilization:...
by Laura | Dec 21, 2017 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
At the beginning of 2016, I took stock of 40+ years of talking about the childfree choice. At the end of 2016, I looked back and discussed positive childfree trends that year. It’s time for childfree trending 2017…this year I’ll do childfree trending in...
by Laura | Dec 1, 2017 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Research-related, Laura's La Vie Childfree Writings Library
I have been enjoying Lilli Blackmore’s posts on her site, the American Spinster. Her most recent post, “Why Having Kids Is Not a Retirement Plan” inspires me to riff on this important topic. Please indulge me. The Pronatalist Elderhood Assumption Much of what Lilli...
by Laura | Nov 29, 2017 | Population Issues, Social-Cultural Issues
One particular phrase relating to a study that came out last spring continues to pop up online: moral outrage. The study, “Parenthood as a Moral Imperative? Moral Outrage and the Stigmatization of Voluntarily Childfree Women and Men” has a finding that not having...
by Laura | Nov 2, 2017 | Social-Cultural Issues
A recent study in the Social Psychology Quarterly looks at long-term marriages and has some interesting results to ponder. A summary of findings include: Married women over 50 rate the quality of their marriages lower than their husbands do. In this study, on a...
