It’s also true that infants are less likely to die of SUID while in physical contact with their primary caregiver or close physical proximity. The theory is that their automatic nervous system is learning to regulate itself through that contact. Hospitals will but heated stuffed animals with a recorded “heartbeat” up…

The title’s still accurate. Countries with paid parental leave, including forced leave, have a lower infant mortality rate. I understand and support women who don’t want to be 24 hour caretakers or even primary caretakers for their infants. Hell, I actually think maternal infanticide should be decriminalized. I’m…

I am skeptical of your claim. Because one of the supposed effects of naming Otto Frank a co-author and extending the copyright is that an interactive, digital edition of the diary that the museum had been working on will no longer be possible. The museum has been in conflict with the foundation about this. If that…

This is just not that complicated. Most men already have the same emotional labor skills as women. They just use them on other men. I’ve read the primer you linked to before. And the problem with it is that it doesn’t acknowledge this. Men are very sensitive to the emotions of other men, people they see as actual…

When you really look at it, a fair amount of “deliberate incompetence” is actually blackmail/emotional abuse. How many times have you heard a man, or a third party speaking for a man, joke about how they’ll gladly watch the kids, and they won’t let them burn the house down either. (The punch line is always different,…

There are men who do emotional labor. My stepfather has always been as good at it as my mother in the context of their relationship. Otherwise he doesn’t like people very much. But that’s the thing of it ... a lot of men do know how to perform emotional labor, they just don’t do it for people they don’t think deserve…