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Why couples move for a man’s job, but not a woman’s
"The big take-away: Women enter professions that make it easy to work anywhere, and move for any reason, including for a spouse. Men choose careers in fields that are geographically-constrained. In other words, men have to move in order to move up."
When is it okay to miss Parliament? Independent MP Sana Hassainia on why she was only at 16 of 269 votes
Based on her explanation it sounds like she decided to become more or less a stay-at-home parent without bothering to officially quit her day job. Interesting that she was elected as part of the NDP which tends to prefer government-funded daycares which incentivizes against stay-at-home parenting.
Tim O'Neill's answer to Why did science make little real progress in Europe in the Middle Ages?
"The assumption implied in the question is wrong and, despite the popular misunderstanding of this subject, modern experts now recognise the later Middle Ages as laying the foundations for the Scientific Revolution. ..." He goes on to detail some of the whys and hows that you'll find outlined in books like God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science.
Study: Science Can Change the Sexual Orientations of Mice
"By altering serotonin in their brains, researchers caused female mice to prefer to mount and sniff the genitals of other females."