Welcome to the weekly Fairer Disputations round-up: your one-stop shop for the best in sex-realist feminism. This week: Emi Nietfeld with a story of surrogacy gone wrong that raises questions about the industry, Jean M. Twenge on the marriage effect on women’s happiness, and Mélina Magdelénat on how to overcome the institutional paradox of care. Plus: Graham Linehan’s arrest, the taming of a gender researcher, reclaiming “protect girls”—and more!
First, Emi Nietfelt tells the story of a baby who died during a surrogate pregnancy and the women whose lives were caught up in the tragedy—a story which highlights some of the dark practices of the surrogacy industry.
Next, Jean M. Twenge summarizes a recent study that suggests marriage and motherhood can have an important impact on women’s happiness. Also read: Editor-in-Chief Erika Bachiochi’s response to the same study.
Finally, Mélina Magdelénat suggests that rather than taking a black and white approach on institutions structures of care, we should seek compromise and “institutionalise fluidity.”
More Great Reads:
- I Posted on X. The British Police Arrested Me., Graham Linehan, The Free Press
- The Taming of a Gender Researcher, Benjamin Ryan, UnHerd
- Reclaiming “Protect Girls”, Victoria Smith, The Critic
- Are Teenage Girls Really Unhappier than Boys?, Mary Harrington, UnHerd
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