1- What’s going on in Blue States Practice the Family Values Red States Preach?

1- What’s going on in Blue States Practice the Family Values Red States Preach? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/opinion/sunday/blue-states-red-states-values.html?_r=0 2- From AUDIO and VIDEO: What does it take for someone to turn their back on their religious upbringing? is it good/bad/neutral that there are often serious social consequences for those who “leave the fold”? https://cwu.instructure.com/media_objects_iframe/m-5Ahsf3zz9F5Sp3WacqfW9sYiVN5j37Md?type=audio?type=audio 3- Discuss: Want a diamond? Think again. Manipulation at its finest. Why do we want diamonds, and why are laboratory created diamonds so cheap? https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/how-an-ad-campaign-invented-the-diamond-engagement-ring/385376/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/02/how-an-ad-campaign-invented-the-diamond-engagement-ring/385376/ 4- From Article: “Daddy Track”: What is the value of sharing paid and unpaid work and why should all women work for money https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/the-daddy-track/355746/ 5- Your reading Are Male Role Models Necessary? is solid research. Summarise this and discuss the findings. http://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/Bos-Goldberg-VanGelderen-Gartell-Gender-Society-June-2012.pdf 6-It is true that children raised in a home with a father are more likely to complete high school, less likely to take drugs, girls less likely to get pregnant et cetera. Is there something about the XY chromosomes that causes this, or is it something else (hint: it’s something else). Discuss. 7- Should We Be Having Kids In The Age Of Climate Change? asks us to be thoughtful about procreation. Why? https://www.npr.org/2016/08/18/479349760/should-we-be-having-kids-in-the-age-of-climate-change 8- What is The Case for Paternity Leave? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/01/the-daddy-track/355746/ 9- What do we know about Audio: The Science of Dad? How does this compare to assumptions about how women change when they are pregnant? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000gn5z