CCF’s Media Roundup – February 19, 2020

CCF MEDIA BRIEF – FEBRUARY 19, 2020

CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:

1. How to Make Your Marriage Gayer
2. Don’t Marry a Man Who Doesn’t Vacuum
3. 6 signs you’re pushing away your adult children
4. Solitude and the creative life
5. The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
6. If the Nuclear Family Has Failed, What Comes Next?
7. Men Who Do Household Chores Are More Sexually Attractive To Women, Research Suggests
8. Why Love and Marriage Didn’t Always Go Hand In Hand
9. If You Want a Marriage of Equals, Then Date as Equals
10. Rather than judging Pete Buttigieg’s marriage, straight America may want to take a cue or two from it

NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:

11. Highlights from the 2020 CCF Conference
12. The Puzzling Persistence of Gendered Dating
13. National Spouses Day Was Last Week…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America

OTHER NEWS:

14. Why Teenagers Reject Parents’ Solutions to Their Problems
15. Women Who Survive Domestic Abuse More Likely to Develop Heart Disease, Diabetes, Die of Any Cause
16. Singles Awareness Day: The benefits of being single
17. Dwyane Wade’s unflinching support of his trans daughter is a turning point
18. Facial Recognition Moves Into a New Front: Schools
19. The Loneliness of Early Parenthood
20. The eco gender gap: why is saving the planet seen as women’s work?
21. Is it impossible to breastfeed and have a full-time job?
22. Americans have fewer kids than they say they want. Alaska has a solution.
23. The Consequences of Leaning on Your Child For Emotional Support

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1. How to Make Your Marriage Gayer
   https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/opinion/sunday/marriage-housework-gender-happiness.html
   Same-sex spouses feel more satisfied with their partners than heterosexual ones. What’s the secret?

2. Don’t Marry a Man Who Doesn’t Vacuum
   https://gen.medium.com/dont-marry-a-man-who-doesn-t-vacuum-90e8a514ae2c
   Women beware: Nearly half of American men still want a housewife

3. 6 signs you’re pushing away your adult children
   https://www.considerable.com/life/family/parental-alientation/
   Parental alienation is a real problem. You want to spend more time with them, but they’re always too busy. Here’s what’s going on — and how you can fix it.

4. Solitude and the creative life
   https://whyy.org/episodes/solitude-and-the-creative-life/

5. The Nuclear Family Was a Mistake
   https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-nuclear-family-was-a-mistake/605536/
   The family structure we’ve held up as the cultural ideal for the past half century has been a catastrophe for many. It’s time to figure out better ways to live together.

6. If the Nuclear Family Has Failed, What Comes Next?
   https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/02/nuclear-family-multigenerational-cohousing-depaulo/606511/
   Many Americans are reimagining life at home, exploring models of kinship and community that might help more people flourish.

7. Men Who Do Household Chores Are More Sexually Attractive To Women, Research Suggests
   https://www.bolde.com/men-household-chores-attractive-women/

8. Why Love and Marriage Didn’t Always Go Hand In Hand
   https://www.wnpr.org/post/why-love-and-marriage-didnt-always-go-hand-hand
   Full interview: https://www.wnpr.org/post/surprisingly-unromantic-history-marriage

9. If You Want a Marriage of Equals, Then Date as Equals
   https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/if-you-want-marriage-equals-then-date-equals/606568/
   Why are many dating practices a throwback to an earlier era?

10. Rather than judging Pete Buttigieg’s marriage, straight America may want to take a cue or two from it
    https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-heidi-stevens-what-gay-marriages-can-teach-straight-people-0218-20200218-op5y7fmcmfgcpfjzqmy55g6upu-story.html

11. Highlights from the 2020 CCF Conference
    https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2020/02/11/highlights-from-the-2020-ccf-conference/

12. The Puzzling Persistence of Gendered Dating
    https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2020/02/18/2220/

13. National Spouses Day Was Last Week…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America
    https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2020/02/04/national-spouses-day-was-last-week-feeling-any-pressure-a-fact-sheet-on-prospects-for-marriage-in-contemporary-america/

14. Why Teenagers Reject Parents’ Solutions to Their Problems
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/18/well/family/why-teenagers-reject-parents-solutions-to-their-problems.html
    It’s usually because we’re not giving them what they’re really looking for.

15. Women Who Survive Domestic Abuse More Likely to Develop Heart Disease, Diabetes, Die of Any Cause
    https://www.newsweek.com/women-survive-domestic-abuse-heart-disease-diabetes-all-cause-mortality-1487630
    The study involved tens of thousands of women, including over 18,000 who experienced domestic abuse.

16. Singles Awareness Day: The benefits of being single
    https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/15/health/single-awareness-day-loneliness-benefits-wellness/index.html

17. Dwyane Wade’s unflinching support of his trans daughter is a turning point
    https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/2/14/21137163/dwyane-wade-zaya-transgender-daughter
    Black trans kids desperately need public support. Wade’s moment on Ellen DeGeneres’s show is only the beginning.

18. Facial Recognition Moves Into a New Front: Schools
    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/business/facial-recognition-schools.html
    A district in New York has adopted the technology in the name of safety. Opponents cite privacy and bias concerns.

19. The Loneliness of Early Parenthood
    https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/02/loneliness-early-parenthood-mothers-estrange-friendships/606100/
    It’s common to feel socially isolated after having a baby, but estrangement from friends doesn’t have to last forever.

20. The eco gender gap: why is saving the planet seen as women’s work?
    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/06/eco-gender-gap-why-saving-planet-seen-womens-work
    From soap to reusable cutlery, green products are overwhelmingly marketed to and bought by women. Does this discourage men from taking responsibility?

21. Is it impossible to breastfeed and have a full-time job?
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/06/us-breastfeeding-financial-burden
    US working mothers who wish to breastfeed must navigate a lack of sufficient maternity leave and unspoken financial costs – not to mention time

22. Americans have fewer kids than they say they want. Alaska has a solution.
    https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/2/7/21125303/alaska-basic-income-birth-rate-fertility
    Alaska’s small basic income is causing parents to have more kids.

23. The Consequences of Leaning on Your Child For Emotional Support
    https://www.fatherly.com/love-money/relationships/father-and-child-relationships/parentification-parents-relying-kids-for-emotional-support/
    Children are naturally empathic so it’s easy for moms and dads to place children in situations where they feel more like parents than children. But this behavior can be extremely damaging.