Tomato Chronicles
The tomato plants are getting absolutely enormous. They are probably close to 3' right now. My main concern is that they have yet to have any flowers. If there aren't any flowers then I get no tomatoes. I want me some tomatoes. I don't know how to get them to flower. It's probably still to early and I'm worrying about nothing.
All those anti-feminists should take a look at this article. I have to agree with most of the article - but I think that there is a largely un-investigated area as to the social and economic reasons for low birth rates. Largely untouched was the fact that the higher your education the less children you are likely to have. So I think it is a little short sighted only siting familial structure and government sanctioned policies surrounding child bearing. It would be an interesting look to contrast this investigation with another one noting the numbers of people in the 30's and 50's who had a college education and how many children then had, and how that contrasts to now, both in the US and other parts of the world. I also think that the average wealth of a nation would also have a much larger effect on birth rates in the new global economy. I say new global economy because we are more in touch with people on the other side of the world today than we were 50 or 100 years ago. If one nation is in touch with a much wealthier nation a lot - those people are going to know about the new and up and coming things and start to become part of the global rat race, potentially delaying or eliminating children b/c of the financial responsibility of adding another child to a household population.
Even after all of this, I think that it is still extremely difficult for a woman to have a child in the US economy today if she has a career - not just a job - a career. I have heard comments about not wanting to promote someone to a certain position because of their potential to have a kid during a critical time for the company. It does actually happen in real life people in the year 2008.
All those anti-feminists should take a look at this article. I have to agree with most of the article - but I think that there is a largely un-investigated area as to the social and economic reasons for low birth rates. Largely untouched was the fact that the higher your education the less children you are likely to have. So I think it is a little short sighted only siting familial structure and government sanctioned policies surrounding child bearing. It would be an interesting look to contrast this investigation with another one noting the numbers of people in the 30's and 50's who had a college education and how many children then had, and how that contrasts to now, both in the US and other parts of the world. I also think that the average wealth of a nation would also have a much larger effect on birth rates in the new global economy. I say new global economy because we are more in touch with people on the other side of the world today than we were 50 or 100 years ago. If one nation is in touch with a much wealthier nation a lot - those people are going to know about the new and up and coming things and start to become part of the global rat race, potentially delaying or eliminating children b/c of the financial responsibility of adding another child to a household population.
Even after all of this, I think that it is still extremely difficult for a woman to have a child in the US economy today if she has a career - not just a job - a career. I have heard comments about not wanting to promote someone to a certain position because of their potential to have a kid during a critical time for the company. It does actually happen in real life people in the year 2008.
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