- Almanac: Will and Ariel Durant on revolution
“The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionaries are philosophers and saints.” Will and Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History Continue reading Almanac: Will and Ariel Durant on revolution at About Last... Read more
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Europe’s Army of Filipino Domestic Workers: Modern Slavery Der Spiegel
Europe’s Army of Filipino Domestic Workers: Modern Slavery Der Spiegel
Daughter-driven divorce?
Are couples with daughters more likely to divorce than couples with sons? Using Dutch registry and U.S. survey data, we show that couples with daughters face higher risks of divorce, but only when daughters are 13 to 18 years old. These age-specific results run counter to explanations involving overarching, time-invariant preferences for sons and sex-selection into live birth. We propose another explanation that involves relationship strains in families with teenage daughters. In subsample analyses, we find larger child-gender differences in divorce risks for parents whose attitudes towards gender-roles are likely to differ from those of their daughters and partners. We also find survey evidence of relationship strains in families with teenage daughters.
That is from a new paper by Jan Kabátek and David C Ribar. Via the excellent Kevin Lewis.
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Why Have Sea Shanties Become A TikTok Sensation?
Why sea shanties, and why now? I do not have any concrete ideas about this; all I can tell you is that it’s happening. Apparently we’re doing sea shanties now. It makes as much and as little sense as anything else. – The Cut