The October On-the-Ground question was: The childfree are often asked “Who will be there for you when you are old if you have no children?” What is your answer? How do you envision your support system in your later years? Here’s a summary of what you...
Postscript to my last two posts that I just have to pass on–thanks to a visitor of this blog who sent me an article by Ruth Marcus, Washington Post columnist on Mary Fallin pulling the mommy card with Jari Askins. Both are running for governor in Oklahoma. I...
More on the governor’s race in Oklahoma with Republican candidate Mary Fallin and Democratic candidate Jari Askins. Fallin has claimed motherhood is what makes her more qualified, and she’s received push back on this. Good Morning America took up the...
In previous posts I’ve lamented about how women political and judicial candidates get criticized for not being mothers–somehow being childfree makes them less qualified. Well, the issue is up again with the current Oklahoma governor’s race....
I am an avid reader of the editorials in my local San Francisco Chronicle, and was delighted to that this Letter to the Editor appeared today. Bill Kamin of the bay area writes: Not having children is ok Your story about the young Fairfield woman accused of stabbing...
