2009 August | The Confident Male

Don’t Marry Career Women: Here’s Why

Written by MackDoppler

I recently ran across an article in the Forbes magazine archives which was titled “Don’t Marry Career Women” (with a subheading of “How do women, careers and marriage mix? Not well, say social scientists”). It was written by Michael Noer and dated August 23, 2006.
Unlike a lot of the research I run across (which these [...]

The Best Men Are Taken: How Social Proof Works

Written by MackDoppler

I recently ran across an article entitled “It’s true: all the taken men are best” (written by Andy Coghlan and posted on the NewScientist website on August 17, 2009), and I decided to add my own comments on this topic.
Without getting into the mechanics of the research study which the article addresses, the gist of [...]

Women And The Financial Crisis - Who’s To Blame?

Written by MackDoppler

I recently ran across an article which was titled “Of bankers and bankeresses” from The Economist (a British weekly magazine) print edition (August 6, 2009) under the “Women and the financial crisis” subheading, and I couldn’t resist offering my own comments on this article.
The article starts out this way:
“Would the financial crisis have been less [...]

Men: Earn More Money With Traditional Views on Sex Roles

Written by MackDoppler

I recently ran across “Men With Traditional Views on Sex Roles Earn More Money” (written by Jeanna Bryner, Senior Writer at LiveScience.com) and decided to add my own thoughts on that topic.
For example, the article reports that:
“Results showed that men who reported having more traditional gender role attitudes made an average of about $8,500 [...]

What’s Love Got To Do With Marriage?

Written by MackDoppler

I recently ran across an article entitled “In love? It’s not enough to keep a marriage, study finds” on The Yahoo News website, which had picked it up from Reuters Life (datelined Sydney, Australia July 14, 2009).
That write-up, in turn, had been based on a study by researchers from the Australian National University entitled “What’s [...]

Will the Y-Chromosome Eventually Disappear?

Written by MackDoppler

I recently ran across an article which was titled “Will Chromosome Y Go Bye-Bye?” and subtitled “Is the End of Men Imminent?” (written by Radha Chitale of the ABC News Medical Unit and dated Friday July 10, 2009), and I decided to offer my own two cents worth on this topic.
The article itself looks in [...]