by Laura | Mar 10, 2011 | Childfree & Sociology Topics, Childfree-Related Political issues
There is a lot out there on the gender equality issue in politics and business, including the issue that there aren’t enough women, moms or not, in high level positions. Headline Italy—it seems the sex scandal with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has inspired a move...
by Laura | Feb 17, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree-Related Political issues
A recent editorial by Jeremy Adam Smith, author of the Daddy Shift makes a great case for how paid family leave is not only good for business, but is “good for guys and their marriages.” A new report from the Center for Economic and Policy Research...
by Laura | Dec 7, 2010 | Childfree Issues, Childfree-Related Political issues, Childfree/Parenthood Related
The question whether those with no children should pay the same taxes as parents in our society can generate quite the debate. Childfreedom recently did an interesting poll about whether the childfree should contribute to property and school taxes. Most said the...
by Laura | Nov 8, 2010 | Childfree-Related Political issues
Ms Magazine does a good summary of how pro-choice did in the election. Pro-choice suffered some big losses but there is a twist: First, the big pro-reproductive rights losses: Replacement of pro-choice Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), pro-choice Democratic leadership...
by Laura | Nov 4, 2010 | Childfree-Related Political issues
In September I wrote about pro-life women candidates running in the mid term elections. How did they do? On pro-life female Senate candidates… Senate candidate Christine O’Donnell lost to pro-choice Chris Coons in Delaware. Senate candidate Carly Fiorina,...
by Laura | Oct 29, 2010 | Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
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...
