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How we are forcing feminism from the wrong end. Reading Time: 6 minutes Are women equal to men?

How we are forcing feminism from the wrong end

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – „Women are nothing more than properties, something men own, use and when convenient simply throw away” – this sentence can pretty much summarize how the men-ruled society (patriarchy) in the western world perceived the gender difference not so long ago. In fact not even a time travel is needed, we can still see similar patterns in the Islamic countries. The slogan of such society is that man and women are DIFFERENT. The baby came but the sex went: Many marriages fail in the 18 months after childbirth, often because men are unsure of their postnatal role, says David Cohen. 'THERE were five of us, all first- time fathers, and we were having a drink one night when a rather beautiful woman walked by.

The baby came but the sex went: Many marriages fail in the 18 months after childbirth, often because men are unsure of their postnatal role, says David Cohen

I looked up from my beer and mumbled 'sex'. Then someone said, 'I remember sex.' Countries with Higher Levels of Gender Equality Show Larger National Sex Differences in Mathematics Anxiety and Relatively Lower Parental Mathematics Valuation for Girls. Mathematics anxiety as a function of human development Our first analysis tests if it is indeed the case that higher levels of gender equality and general development are associated with higher levels of mathematics anxiety (all national averages of the 2003 PISA survey are listed in Table 1, and those for the 2012 PISA in Table 2).

Countries with Higher Levels of Gender Equality Show Larger National Sex Differences in Mathematics Anxiety and Relatively Lower Parental Mathematics Valuation for Girls

500. Why men won't marry you. Where have all the husbands gone?

Why men won't marry you

That’s a question Peter Lloyd tackles in a series in London’s Daily Mail about Britain’s marriage rate, which is at its lowest level since 1895. “The state of matrimony is not just ailing. It is dying out faster than a mobile phone battery,” Lloyd writes. NEWSFLASH: Dear Women, Men Don’t Give A Shit About Your Career. Overcoming useless man syndrome.

Mongoose recently wrote about the second shift that women often perform after work hours, taking care of home duties like childcare, cooking, and cleaning.

Overcoming useless man syndrome

It's true that while women's hours in the labor force have increased, the decrease in their hours at home have not kept pace--men do spend more on home duties today, but women often do twice as much, even while working the same hours at the office. So what's going on in our homes? Is this a sign of male oppression of women continuing in more subtle ways? The things that make men feel insecure - Daily Nation. By RACHEL WAMBUIMore by this Author In the conventional sense of the word, man is synonymous with being strong, sure and solid.

The things that make men feel insecure - Daily Nation

A man moves the world with the sheer armour of his masculinity. Because of this perception, it’s almost hard to imagine that the male species harbours some insecurities, vulnerabilities and fears.

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Bike touring. Elterngeld: Elterngeld für ausländische Eltern - Familien-Wegweiser des Bundesfamilienministeriums. Staatsangehörige von Mitgliedsstaaten der Europäischen Union und der Schweiz haben, ebenso wie Deutsche, in der Regel dann einen Anspruch auf Elterngeld, wenn sie in Deutschland erwerbstätig sind oder in Deutschland leben.

Elterngeld: Elterngeld für ausländische Eltern - Familien-Wegweiser des Bundesfamilienministeriums

Hierbei wird zwischen freizügigkeitsberechtigten und nicht freizügigkeitsberechtigten Ausländerinnen und Ausländern unterschieden. Regelungen für freizügigkeitsberechtige Familien Für freizügigkeitsberechtigte Staatsangehörige der Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union, des Europäischen Wirtschaftsraumes und der Schweiz gelten für den Anspruch auf Elterngeld die gleichen Voraussetzungen wie für deutsche Bürgerinnen und Bürger.

Ansprüche nicht freizügigkeitsberechtigter Familien. Google Translate. Elterngeld: The Basics of Elterngeld Explained - Berlin for all the Family. A father’s place. AT A “boot camp” for parents-to-be in New York, course leaders guide their students through baby maintenance for beginners: what goes in, what comes out, and how to keep them warm and clean.

A father’s place

The students have the same questions and worries as expectant parents the world over. But there is one difference: at this particular boot camp, they are all men. The City Dads Group, which offers the course to new and expectant fathers, was founded when Matt Schneider and Lance Somerfeld became fathers and discovered that society saw their place as firmly outside the home. New York was full of parents’ support groups, but nearly all were aimed at mothers.

Redefining Fatherhood. Fatherhood has been a hot topic in the German media, particularly since Ursula von der Leyen’s term as Bundesfamilienministerin (2005-2009).

Redefining Fatherhood

During this period she introduced paid Vätermonate (fathers' months) to encourage men to take time off from work after the birth of a child, and she was also responsible for the introduction of Elterngeld which can be paid to mother or father, depending on which parent wishes to stay home during a child’s first year. The call for Germany's "new fathers" appeared in many newspaper and magazine articles at the time. Ursula von der Leyen's programs offered more German men the opportunity to be active parents. How to Save Marriage in America - The Atlantic. What’s happening to American matrimony?

How to Save Marriage in America - The Atlantic

In 1960, more than 70 percent of all adults were married, including nearly six in ten twentysomethings. Half a century later, just 20 percent of 18-29-year olds were hitched in 2010. Marriage was the norm for young America. Now it's the exception. American marriage is not dying. There was a time when college-educated women were the least likely to be married. The glue for these marriages is not sex, nor religion, nor money. The Marriage Gap Matrimony is flourishing among the rich but floundering among the poor, leading to a large, corresponding “marriage gap.”

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