CCF EXPERTS IN THE NEWS:
1. What Makes People Change Their Minds About Abortion?
2. How did the safety net hold up in COVID-19 — and should it be expanded?
3. My Father’s Last Gift to Me Came After His Death
OTHER NEWS:
4. The New First Date
5. Can online dating burnout be stopped?
6. Celibacy: its surprising evolutionary advantages – new research
7. The end of Roe will create more inequality of opportunity for children
8. The end of Roe v. Wade has huge economic implications for male partners, too
9. Why Dogs Can Be So Healing for Kids
10. Study: Maternal mortality in U.S. spiked during first year of pandemic
11. Covid vaccine misinformation still fuels fears surrounding pregnancy, a new study finds.
12. “She hardly goes out”: Racism is keeping many Asian Americans from going to the doctor
13. What You Need To Know About Menstrual Cups—And Expert Recommendations
NEW ON THE CCF BLOG:
14. Maintaining the Gender Gap in Orgasms Takes Work
15. The Messages African American Mothers and Fathers Give Adolescents about Race Are Shaped by Their Own Experiences with Racial Discrimination and Their Observations and Fears of Racial Discrimination
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1. What Makes People Change Their Minds About Abortion?
https://www.thecut.com/2022/06/what-changes-minds-on-abortion.html
Pro-choice evolutions can take years, a timeline that feels painfully slow in this moment.
2. How did the safety net hold up in COVID-19 — and should it be expanded?
https://www.deseret.com/2022/6/27/23184924/pandemic-covid-american-enterprise-institute-contemporary-families-unemployment-labor-paid-leave
A new report says safety net programs were important in pandemic, but expanding them may be more expensive than valuable
3. My Father’s Last Gift to Me Came After His Death
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/19/opinion/family-obligation-fathers-day.html
4. The New First Date
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2022/06/zoom-dating-video-chat-screening-dates/661431/
Before committing the energy to a night out, some people are screening their suitors over video.
5. Can online dating burnout be stopped?
https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20220624-can-online-dating-burnout-be-stopped
Scrolling, chatting, meeting, ghosting: online dating can be a depressing grind that leaves many singles feeling burnt out.
6. Celibacy: its surprising evolutionary advantages – new research
https://theconversation.com/celibacy-its-surprising-evolutionary-advantages-new-research-184967
Nature wants us to reproduce, so how come celibacy evolved?
7. The end of Roe will create more inequality of opportunity for children
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2022/06/30/the-end-of-roe-will-create-more-inequality-of-opportunity-for-children/
8. The end of Roe v. Wade has huge economic implications for male partners, too
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/27/1107715589/abortion-access-impact-on-men
There’s a mounting body of evidence on how having or being denied an abortion affects pregnant people, including impacts on their mental health and the finances of them and their children. The effects on their male partners have received less attention.
9. Why Dogs Can Be So Healing for Kids
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/well/family/therapy-dogs-kids-stress.html
A new study suggests that spending time with therapy dogs may help lower children’s stress levels even more than relaxation exercises.
10. Study: Maternal mortality in U.S. spiked during first year of pandemic
https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2022/06/28/study-maternal-mortality-increased-covid-pandemic-first-year
The rate of mothers dying during pregnancy increased by nearly a third in the last nine months of 2020, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, with more pronounced changes among minority groups, according to a new study published Tuesday.
11. Covid vaccine misinformation still fuels fears surrounding pregnancy, a new study finds.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/03/health/covid-vaccine-pregnancy-misinformation.html
Health experts, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend that pregnant women get vaccinated against the coronavirus as soon as possible, to protect both maternal and fetal health.
12. “She hardly goes out”: Racism is keeping many Asian Americans from going to the doctor
https://www.vox.com/23185392/hate-crimes-asian-americans-doctor
Pandemic-related hate crimes against Asian Americans have left many feeling unsafe in public. The consequences of missed health care will have lasting effects.
13. What You Need To Know About Menstrual Cups—And Expert Recommendations
https://www.forbes.com/health/family/best-menstrual-cups/
The movement toward sustainability has impacted many aspects of life—even menstruation.
14. Maintaining the Gender Gap in Orgasms Takes Work
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2022/06/21/maintaining-the-gender-gap-in-orgasms-takes-work/
Research has long shown a gender gap in orgasms between men and women in heterosexual sexual encounters.
15. The Messages African American Mothers and Fathers Give Adolescents about Race Are Shaped by Their Own Experiences with Racial Discrimination and Their Observations and Fears of Racial Discrimination
https://thesocietypages.org/ccf/2022/06/28/the-messages-african-american-mothers-and-fathers-give-adolescents-about-race-are-shaped-by-their-own-experiences-with-racial-discrimination-and-their-observations-and-fears-of-racial-discrimination/
African American parents commonly socialize their adolescent children about race, ethnicity, and interracial relations.
