New research coming out on the physiological changes men go through during their mate's pregnancy and after their child's birth, throws the idea that men aren't natural caretakers right out the window. Link />Although the research indicates that higher levels of testosterone will make the person less attentive, it also found that men's testosterone levels drop after the birth of their chlld, which seems to increase the amount of attention and affection they give to it.
Although this article didn't mention it specifically, I know that women's testosterone levels tend to increase during and after pregnancy and I wonder if this helps increase their energy levels for child rearing (because testosterone increases energy) or if it's just a side effect with no specific purpose.
Either way both parents physiologically respond to the birth of a child equally (both also have higher levels of corisole after which increases levels of stress which some suggest is there to make them more concerned for the well being of their child), putting aside the notion that men are not fit for child rearing; if anything the research indicates that ancient men who stuck around to help with the kids instead of hunting and fighting would have been doing their progeny a greater service in both the short and long term.
Daniel Gross is right. Giving money as a wedding gift makes perfect sense. In New York City, it has always been the norm (and until I was told otherwise I thought it was the norm all over the country). If you think of the scene in Goodfellas where the couple receives card after card filled with cash to put in their bag, that's how it typically goes even for non mafiosos.
It's been that way for a while but it makes more sense now than ever given how ridiculously expensive weddings have become matched with the fact that many couples are living together before they marry anyway.
Buying things off a bridal registry to help the couple get the things they'll need in their home isn't a bad idea if they are in need of most of those things, but by giving them money, they can use that to buy what they wish anyway.
But they can also use it for their honeymoon as the couple in the article did, which is a fabulous idea because really that's going to be the main part the couple will enjoy and remember (and can help relieve them of the stress they had from planning the wedding).
Or for the more practical couples like my aunt who recently married, they may just want to bank the cash because they spent so much on the reception to begin with.
It wouldn't be considered tacky for someone to give cash as a graduation gift, so why as a wedding gift? Why does our culture pretend love is something completely seperate from everyday life?
While out for drinks last night, my friends and I somehow came across the topic of hair removal (the different methods we've tried, which works best etc.) and the next thing I knew, we were all talking about different cosmetic procedures we'd considered having done. At first it was just permanent hair removal methods or scar removal but the next thing I knew we were talking about nose jobs and breast implants.
And although none of us are by any means wealthy, and we're all healthy and smart, we all had at least one certain procedure in mind that we felt we wanted badly enough to spend our hard earned money on (not to mention going through the medical process for).
I had always been against plastic surgery on principle growing up, even as I at times played with the idea of getting certain things done. And I still feel somewhat saddened when I hear of people getting it done because I wish people could just be satisfied exactly as they are. And I feel like I SHOULD be against it from a feminist perspective. But the more time goes on, the more understanding, if not completely open, I feel towards it. Read More »
I'm just curious what people think. From what I've read on it so far it seems the most logical way to go but a lot of people seem really skeptical about it. Most presidential candidates seem "open" to it but few seem to be really embracing it, while many are really open to using things like ethanol even though ethanol, especially ethanol from corn, isn't nearly as beneficial and could even cause worse problems for our country and world. The only arguments against nuclear power that are understandable regard how to safely get rid of waste and whether or not we'd be able to build enough nuclear energy plants fast enough to make it feasible in the near future to go completely nuclear. But from what I've read neither seem to be major issues and it seems to be the cheapest source of energy; it's renewable and best for the environment save for things like wind energy which aren't really reliable.
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