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Singlism and Sexism Interact

Posted on October 25, 2010 by

Reading an article on the underlying framework that can help evaluate affirmative action, I realized why single women are viewed so much more negatively than single men. It’s the interaction of sexism and singlism. Wasserstrom wrote in 1977 describing the … Continue reading →

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Marriage – An Evil Institution?

Posted on July 22, 2010 by

In her 2007 essay “Gay Divorce: Thoughts on the Legal Regulation of Marriage,” Claudia Card argues that marriage is an evil institution. An evil institution consists of two foreseeable and causally linked components: “Culpable wrongdoing and intolerable harm” (30). Marriage, … Continue reading →

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Wedding Rings

Posted on July 15, 2010 by

I’ve been reading a lot about stereotypes and prejudices lately. Fifty years after Allport wrote his Nature of Prejudice, a compilation came out that reviews and updates his work. Underneath stereotypes and prejudices is the process of categorization. Allport suggested … Continue reading →

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Is Marriage an Outdated Institution?

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

Somehow I stumbled on the World Values Survey, a cross-national survey that asks among other things “Is marriage an outdated institution?”. I don’t have time to dig into the data a whole lot but I thought I’d share some interesting … Continue reading →

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Marriage Promotion in TANF

Posted on February 3, 2010 by

The Alternatives for Marriage Project has been fighting to get marriage promotion out of TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) for years. Unfortunately, it looks like the new HHS Budget not only continues with this practice from the Bush era … Continue reading →

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Pew on Marriage

Posted on January 19, 2010 by

Via the Facebook page of the National Sexuality Resource Center, I found a report from the Pew Research Center on marriage and how wives are rising (whatever that’s supposed to mean). Reading the first paragraph, I decided that I needed … Continue reading →

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