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The Daminger Dispatch

A sociologist's take on gender, parenting, and family life

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We need to talk about sex

Abigail Saguy on why dialogue may be the only way through the gender wars

From intensive to (over)invested

Nina Bandelj on what parenting has become

Assessing value, studying vibes

Plus some TDD updates

State of the Dispatch

(And of the Daminger)

'Why do we have so much to fear?'

MAHA and the mental load

Don't Yuck my Yay

"Work" doesn't always mean "bad"

Just how "invisible" is invisible labor?

And other intriguing new research

What happens to the mental load after divorce?

It's complicated

Dividing labor, multiplying gratitude?

Women hate asking; men hate guessing

"It's not that I can't do it...it's that I don't have to"

On male privilege, at-home fatherhood, and where change comes from

Setting the next generation up for something better

And book events in Boston and Philly!

The Group, the breast, and the blame

A 1963 novel puts infant feeding debates in perspective

Exceeds expectations

Plus a book-related AMA

Is your husband picking up what you're putting down?

My thoughts on The Viral Mental Load Post

Is housework productive?

More importantly, should we care?

'We demand wages for housework'

The radical feminists who tried (and failed) to remake our world

T-minus 25 days

Preorder info, book tour schedule, and more WOHM news

Blending two cultures in a country neither of us calls home

Chloe Bordewich on wedding planning amidst visa denial and pest infestation

Research(-adjacent) diary #2

follow along as I stress about book launch

He needs to be rattled by her clarity

Couples therapist Tonya Lester on the power of a woman's anger