Women have babies at different ages. We can measure using any number of units. One way we should not measure age, with regard to births, is by dichotomizing it into “teen” and “not-teen.”
U.S. Name Androgyny Hit Record High Again in 2022
There is a tendency of babies assigned male and female at birth to be given different names. This is changing.
By Philip N. Cohen I previously reported that the name binary in the U.S. was weakening, as indicated by the tendency of babies assigned male and female at birth to be given different names. I updated that with 2021 data last year. Here I reprint the 2021 post but with the 2022 data that came out today.…
ChatGPT Is Defaming Me and It Must Be Someone’s Fault
Whose fault is it that ChatGPT is producing fake information about me?
Whose fault is it that ChatGPT is producing fake information about me?
That One Gender-Based Occupational Comparison That Sticks in My Craw
Segregation today — at the working-class level — largely tracks historical divisions between men’s and women’s work earlier in industrialization.
Segregation today — at the working-class level — largely tracks historical divisions between men’s and women’s work earlier in industrialization.
The Three C’s for Picking Your Research Topic
As scholars, how do we decide what to work on? If you have a job and a boss and they assign you to a project, setting your agenda is relatively straightforward. But if you are a graduate student or academic researcher, with control over your time and priorities, it’s on you to decide. It’s…
US Divorce Rates by Occupation and Gender
A chart showing the percentage of men and women in the top 50 occupations who got divorced in the previous year.
The table below shows the percentage of men and women in the top 50 occupations who got divorced in the previous year, according to the 2021 American Community Survey. At the top of the list, for example, 3% of women personal care aides and 2% of men cooks reported getting divorced in 2021. (The…
Patriarchy, on Fire, Superfecundation, Moral Acceptability, Football Fatalities
Recent observations and statistics.
Recent observations and statistics.
Family Mass Murders Account For 41% Of Deaths
Why don't family mass murders have the same news-cycle footprint as public shootings?
Why don’t family mass murders have the same news-cycle footprint as public shootings?
An Economist That Future Economists — And Societies — Will Dare Not Ignore
Without greater equality, Herman Daly helped us understand, our environment has no real shot at renewal
Without greater equality, Herman daly helped us understand, our environment has no real shot at renewal
Inequality Work Product: Visualizing Unequal
Some charts and figures I worked on for the chapter of my new book on social class and poverty.
Some charts and figures I worked on for the chapter of my new book on social class and poverty.
Why Do Billionaires So Love Owning Newspapers?
You never know when an editorial can come in handy. Just ask Jeff bezos.
You never know when an editorial can come in handy. Just ask Jeff bezos.
These Are the Datasets of Our Lives (43 of Them, Anyway)
Better yet, someone should automate it.
Better yet, someone should automate it.
The Fight Against Inflation Doesn’t Have to Be Rich-People Friendly
Instead of hiking interest rates, we could be hiking tax rates on excess profits and wealth.
Instead of hiking interest rates, we could be hiking tax rates on excess profits and wealth.
America’s Rich Dominate the Ranks of Our World’s Wealthiest. Why?
The answer starts in America’s Corporate Executive suites.
The answer starts in America’s Corporate Executive suites.
Book Review: Divorce, American Style: Fighting for Women’s Economic Citizenship in the Neoliberal Era
Suzanne Kahn offers a fascinating, thorough, and highly readable study of divorce in the history of 20th Century U.S. feminism.
Suzanne Kahn offers a fascinating, thorough, and highly readable study of divorce in the history of 20th Century U.S. feminism.
Book Review: Divorce, American Style: Fighting for Women’s Economic Citizenship in the Neoliberal Era
A book about “feminist divorce reformers".
I wrote this book review for the Society for US Intellectual History, published here. Suzanne Kahn offers a fascinating, thorough, and highly readable study of divorce in the history of 20th Century U.S. feminism. The women that emerge, whom she labels “feminist divorce reformers,” fill a unique position at the intersection of the developing U.S. social…