Self-Fulfilling Status?
A new study by Rachel Shattuck finds that young women’s wishes about parenting and marital status may materialize in adulthood. The research, published in … Read More
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Pushes and Pulls for Professional Women
Gender divides in the types of work men and women often do contribute to inequality in earnings, yet women face continued difficulty entering predominantly men’s … Read More
Race, Class, and the Framing of Drug Epidemics
As America’s opiate epidemic rages on, calls for “treatment not punishment” dominate the national media. The hypocrisy of this response is not lost on a … Read More
Helicopter Parents in the Hospital
How far can parents go when advocating for their sick child? Better yet, how far will doctors allow them to go? Read More
Health, Now and Later
What is the relationship between diabetes and personality? Read More
Where Punishment and Pregnancy Meet
Megan Comfort: Hi Carolyn! I’m really excited to talk with you about your new book, Jailcare: Finding the Safety Net for Women Behind Bars. Read More
Marijuana’s Moral Entrepreneurs, Then and Now
Today, more than one in five U.S. adults live in a state where they can walk into a store to purchase recreational marijuana products, ranging … Read More
Photographs of the Mind
Blind folks taking photographs? It may seem unbelievable, but members of the Seeing With Photography Collective have been making pictures for close to 20 years. Read More
Marriage and the Genetic Risk of Depression
In other stress and depression news, a new study uses data on twins to investigate genetic and environmental effects on mental health. Genetic effects refer … Read More
Long-Term Job Insecurity is Depressing
Losing your job is hugely stressful, and more and more people have experienced this stress since the Great Recession. In Society and Mental Health, Sarah … Read More
