As many other Jezzies have noted, it's different being white. We don't exotify (can we pretend that this is a verb?) each other like we do pretty much everyone from any other race or ethnicity. So you might get the occasional question, usually in pretty safe, neutral context and from someone who knows you well…

From the description of the study: "If so, the division of housework is no "cause" of later divorce.". Which then leads me back to "Why the hell can't news articles report on this stuff accurately?". I still won't say the methodology was sound until I've seen what controls they used and how they modeled the data,…

I can't find the actual study online (nor can the Atlantic Weekly article's author, btw), and none of the articles I've read about it say who the other authors are, what university(ies) they're affiliated with, or even what journals/conferences this study was published in/presented at. Where did all these news…

From the Atlantic article: "Most enlightening is that Hansen really seems to blame divorce stats on modern couples themselves"

Look. I hate Romney as much as the next person who values reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy, health care, jobs, etc. But I still think the Romney + baby pics are adorable, even when they're screaming and captioned as if they were trying to get away. Kids do that, and I don't really read much into it. Honestly,…

I wonder if they controlled for income, savings, cash flow, financial stability, expenses, financial dependents, etc. when they looked at propensity to pay extra fees and make the minimum payment on their card. I would expect credit literacy to correlate strongly with income. Given gender pricing on everything,…

Did you miss this: "Additionally, women with low levels of financial literacy are more vulnerable to credit card mismanagement than men with the same back-asswards knowledge of personal budgeting"

My grandfather, who worked for his entire career as a fucking ROCKET SCIENTIST and still does consulting in that field, loves this man. I've never heard him use the word "brilliant", but the fact that he listens regularly and quotes him is evidence enough. What gives?? Anyway, my empathy to you for having to…

I'm sure you've read this already, but for anyone who is intrigued by your comment, I feel the need to share "The Only Moral Abortion is My Abortion".

One more voice to the "not that bad" choir. It's not a stiff, pokey wire. It's more like... fishing line, I guess, but softer. To give you an example of how not sharp they are, I've never experienced, nor have I ever even heard of, a situation where the IUD strings poked through a condom. A former condomless…

This is why I'm seriously thinking about publishing under my initials. Ugh. Soooo insulting.

More women will get hired, and as an added bonus, fewer women will have to deal with men thinking they got their job because they're women and the department wanted to "diversify". No joke, several faculty in my heavily male-dominated department have said I'll have an easier job search for that reason. If that were…

Satire: You're doing it right.

Okay! I looked into this at work today (where I have library subscription access) and figured this out.

Hah. Were you expecting real advice? I'm not a lawyer, but I loved your question and hate Todd Akin. Sorry if I crossed the "way too crude" line.

Check with your local zoning code. In some places it's illegal to not clean up after your dog's shit. You might be safer if you let the dog shit in his yard, then pick it up with a baggie as per local code, and then empty it out again on the sign.

Did the study distinguish between "walkable urban" and urban as in "urbanized area" from a US census bureau perspective? I love density and all, but the latter definition of urban includes a lot of environments that, while not rural, are still hostile to active transportation. In which case, the observed differences…

I'm trying to imagine right now what our world would look like if your comment were representative of the scientific news cycle. Interpreting data in progressive ways that advance goals of general health and equity, rather than just looking for a way to reinforce existing stereotypes and keep blaming the victim.

Hah. Nordic personal trainer indeed. I could stand behind this junk science if my insurance started covering this kind of cost. "Trust me, HealthPartners. It's all about the intense exercise." Have fun ;)

I don't know anything about Loren Cameron's work*, but I thought the Unfair campaign was pretty cool, so props to UMD for not backing down on these types of issues.