– THE COLLECTION –
The Unseen Fallout
of the Revolution
A World Cup Watching Edition of The Collection
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FACTS ARE STUBBORN THINGS
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Mary Eberstadt is one of my must reads, and her latest on our continued denial of the unintended consequences of the sexual revolution is no exception. I recommend the whole thing from the soft sarcasm of “We can begin with one example that no one saw coming” (referring to the sexual harassment scandals that launched #MeToo) to her conclusion. I have one note off of this passage:
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Only in a world where sex is allegedly free of consequences would any man dare to proposition women on the spot, over and over, as appears to have been the case among the repeat offenders accused in the harassment revelations of the past two years.
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And only in that world would women accept such a proposition. Women have, in fact, been groomed by other women to accept such propositions. Irony, thy name is….
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Working Women
Underestimate
Motherhood Costs
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Lauren Weber brings us another example of something “new research” tells us, that is neither new knowledge nor something we should need research to see. Working women underestimate motherhood costs because elder women lie to young women about what those costs are. A few years ago, I was listening to an interview with Anne Marie Slaughter, of that Atlantic “Can Women Have It All” article that still might be that magazine’s most read. A former deputy for Sec State Hillary Clinton, Slaughter circulated a draft of her article to some of her powerful connections. The younger women told her she had to publish the essay. The older, Boomer, women told her she couldn’t. If she told women the truth, they might not stay at work, busting the glass ceiling. Apparently she lost some of those older contacts when she went ahead and published it. The primary strategy of elite feminists who seek 50/50 parity in the boardroom is to distract women from anything traditional. They down play it and discourage women from thinking about it, so of course young women underestimate motherhood costs. The next section should help.
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Shaina Chen won LetGrow’s “Think for Yourself” essay contest with a piece on how students can handle free speech. Not only can they handle it, but also it is essential that they handle it.
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Protecting students in the classroom makes them less prepared for the prejudice they might experience in the real world. These difficult topics should be discussed, not avoided, so students know how to act and how to change.
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I could not agree more. One needs to know when someone is talking rot or not. And when Melissa Braunstein attended a conference for college women, she found that the sentiment is widely shared. At one point she wrote: “A worthwhile education should also force all students to grapple with varied opinions. Otherwise, why bother with college?” Why indeed. Colleges may come to regret their censorious stances, especially if Congress should ever get it together to make changes to student loans, which are really all that is supporting college fees and professor salaries.
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And Elizabeth Slattery & Tiffany Bates round up the last session in The Retirement Episode of their SCOTUS 101 podcast. |
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Kelly Crow reports in the WSJ that art auctions have trended to mid-level fine art. The highest dollar pieces aren’t selling like they used to because “If you were to eat at a three-star restaurant every night, you’d wind up craving a simple salad.” My husband and I can vouch for that, actually. Long story that I will tell later.* Anyway, collectors are aiming for the middle. Faith Lucas noticed a similar trend in music and Ashley McGuire describes how art flourishes in families.
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SURROGACY CONTRACTS
IN THE U.S.
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Helen Alvaré explains proposed changes to the Uniform Parenting Act which would expand surrogacy in the US. She also explains Uniform Acts. They aren’t laws, but are suggested statutes developed by legal experts to provide guidance to states when passing their laws. The idea is to make the 50 states more uniform, which sounds great but one of their more infamous successes is no fault divorce which has not been the success that was expected. Surrogacy is also one of those things that sounds good but isn’t. Here’s Georgi Boorman on wombs for rent and babies sale a few years ago. And for as many 'The Handmaid’s Tale is here' stories that have flitted about the web, hardly anyone mentioned the obvious connection: surrogacy. Here is a rare one by Ayesha Chatterjee.
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Shoshana Wiessmann on self-defeating federal policies. Sometimes I wonder if there is another kind.
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Georgi Boorman on white privilege as a gateway statement to the proposition that we can never truly own what we earn.
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Cathy Young covers a 1- 2- punch kind of problem. Are we back to a time when women are too fragile for vigorous debate? Or worse, are we so dependent on argument cop-outs that women lie about the vigorous part?
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I have a bad feeling about this: MTV is rebooting Daria, Susan Goldberg reports.
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Carrie Sheffield on Diamond & Silk on President Trump’s withdrawal of the Obama Administration’s Affirmative Action guidance.
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Just like regular helicopter parenting, but for gender. Observations from Edge of the Sandbox.
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Why do you stay married? Survey says... by Ronni Peck
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Rebecca Heinrichs recommends The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy.
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*I’ve started updating and posting old stories from our expat days and my early motherhood. It is a warmup to more neighborly how-to fare I have in the works. Those will be in my Tales from An American Housewife publication, if you are interested.
The trend to local, face-to-face, real handshakes and eye contact is not new. But it feels new because it has been forgotten. I’m inspired to do some remembering.
Oh, and England—It's coming home! If the final happens to be an England v. France match, then everyone brush up on your Wellington trivia. The allusions will fly fast around the web.
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Thoughts on Justice Kennedy’s Announcement by Leslie Loftis
Trump v. Hawaii: The Fallout by Leslie Loftis
Point and Counterpoint: Age of Marriageability by Rebecca Lemke and Rachel Darnall
Why is Hating Men Okay? by Leslie Loftis
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