by Laura | Sep 26, 2011 | Childfree Issues, Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
Julia Gillard has taken some heat for not having children by choice, and now it’s her sex life that is being satirized. In a recent segment on the Australian comedy show At Home With Julia, there is a controversial scene in which the Gillard character and her...
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 | 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...
by Laura | Oct 28, 2010 | Childfree Media-Related, Childfree-Related Political issues
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...
