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Via 538 Warner (1991) and Warner and Steel (1999) study American and Canadian mothers and fathers. The authors’ key finding is that support for policies designed to address gender equity is greater among parents with daughters. This result emerges particularly strongly for fathers. Because parents invest a significant amount of themselves in their children, the [...]
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Parents Of Daughters Favor More Liberal Policies
July 1st, 2009 
Daniel Fincke 
Posted in Feminism, Moral Psychology, Sociology, Women's Rights 
Tags: Conservatives, Liberals, Politics 
No Comments »Graphs Suggest Secular Countries Less Corrupt, More Peaceful
June 29th, 2009 Daniel Fincke An interesting graph: Here’s Tom Rees’s interpetation of the data: the graph (as shown on the right) shows a dramatic and strong relationship between religiosity and corruption. This does not mean that religion causes corruption. A more likely explanation is that a common, third factor explains both. And the obvious explanation is wealth. Rich countries [...]
Posted in Abortion, Atheism, Religion, Sociology Tags: Corruption, Global Peace Index, Peace, Poverty, Religion, Secularization, War 2 Comments »Should Couples Stay Together For the Kids?
June 29th, 2009 Daniel Fincke Is it really better for the kids? Johann Hari argues “no”: Professor Kelly Musick and Dr Ann Meier of Cornell University have carried out a study of children whose parents stay together for the sake of the kids. We all know some: parents who can’t stand each other, but have made a hard-headed decision to [...]
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