Just like a coffee junkie will never understand how I function on a daily basis without coffeine, a bookworm has a hard time dealing with people who don’t regularly read. Why are these differences? Is it any good for society at large to have well-read members? I see time and time again how patients with…… Continue reading Why some people won’t read
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How the workplace short-changes mothers and how we can fix this
The declining birth rate in Europe tells us something important – that women are voting with their wombs because two full-time jobs are just too much – the Collapsing Careers book written for the British public argues that motherhood destroys careers in the current workplace and change needs to be made. Society may be to…… Continue reading How the workplace short-changes mothers and how we can fix this
Promises I Can Keep
Middle- and upper-class women have a set list of priorities in life – first career, then a house, then some more career and in the end, the easy part – having children (after getting married, of course). Poor women don’t do it that way – why? This is what this book is trying to answer…… Continue reading Promises I Can Keep
A History of Celibacy
In a competitive society obsessed by gathering resources for themselves and their children, some members of it have chosen the opposite during the history: foregoing to embrace sexual activity and even to have children. What was their motivation? This book challenges the diverse situations in which people have defied society through their choices or on…… Continue reading A History of Celibacy