As a society, we are confused. Motherhood is detested. Motherhood is seen as an independent woman being stripped of her individuality and forced to breed, barefoot and pregnant trapped in a kitchen. How wrong is that image! Motherhood happens when an independent woman lovingly serves her fellow beings by raising the generations of people who will raise the banner of goodness and liberty in our nation.

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ShareWe are told that these are the best four years of life. Visibly eager, and almost impossibly energetic, the recent high school graduate fantasizes about the ideas he will learn and the experiences he will live in this new utopia without limits and free from the dreaded specter of authority figures quelling fun and life [...]

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Share Last spring, the editors of the News wrote that “the project of reforming Yale’s sexual culture is a formidable one.” This challenge followed upon an academic year punctuated by a number of events that drew attention to Yale’s sexual culture and the problems that mar it: rape, harassment, objectification of women and the ways [...]

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ShareRecently, a classmate approached me before math class.  She was advertising, by word of mouth, an event put on as a part of a women’s studies class assignment.  The event in question is called “I <3 (or love if you prefer) Female Orgasm.”  It struck me as quite odd and concerning that a complete stranger [...]

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ShareIn modern times, much derision is put upon people who wish to stay sexually pure until marriage. The decision to stay a virgin, or chaste has been something that has seen no end of ridicule in popular forms of entertainment. As has already been mentioned in the article on Glee, their equivalent of a chastity [...]

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An increasing number of young Americans who have completed high school but not college are having children in fragile cohabiting relationships instead of within marriage. Even those who are married face a high divorce rate, being more than twice as likely to divorce in the first ten years of marriage as their college-educated peers. As Wilcox and Cherlin state in their paper, “The nation’s retreat from marriage, which started in low-income communities in the 1960s and 1970s, has now moved into Middle America”.

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Fathers bring distinctive talents to the parenting enterprise. The work of psychologist Ross Parke, for instance, indicates that fathers are more likely than mothers to engage their children in vigorous physical play (e.g., roughhousing), to challenge their children — including their daughters — to embrace life’s challenges, and to be firm disciplinarians. Not surprisingly, children benefit from being exposed to the distinctive paternal style.

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ShareSummer: an ideal time to process events from the preceding school year. A time to relax, a time to clear one’s head, and a time to think of creative solutions to personal, campus, and larger community problems. The Love and Fidelity Network invites you to participate in our essay contest! Use this month of June [...]

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ShareIn this article featured in the USA Today news, Naomi Riley discussed the Yale incident involving students who filed a Title IX complaint against the university for failing to address incidents of sexual harassment and violations.  Naomi reflects, however, on the much higher prevalence of casual sexual liaisons amongst college students, which is largely fueled [...]

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A regular observance of the weekly dating column in “The Guide” would indicate that students and young adults choose to cohabit as a safety net due to an anxiety over dating and marriage that seems almost impossible to rectify. Yet, if the previous assertions about the risky effects of cohabitation are legitimate, much is at stake. As young adults, our futures hang in the balance and are often determined by the choices we make with our relationships. It is worth thoughtfully considering what the implications of cohabiting may be for us if we hope to secure a solid and stable future well-being.

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