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Study shows women are happier without children or a spouse

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The U.S. marriage rate has hit a record low, according to the Good Men Project. About 57% of adults got married 10 years ago, but only 51% are getting married now.

Researchers think they know why.

A new study shows women are happier when they don’t have children or a husband to go home to. That same study shows men are happier and healthier when they are married.

Paul Dolan, a professor of behavioral science at the London School of Economics, said the latest evidence showed that the traditional measure of success has changed and happiness is no longer correlated with being married and raising children.

“We do have some good longitudinal data following the same people over time, but I am going to do a massive disservice to that science and just say: if you’re a man, you should probably get married; if you’re a woman, don’t bother.

Dolan says men benefited from marriage because they were much calmer. He added that marriage puts more stress on women and they die sooner as a result.

“[Men] take less risks, you earn more money at work, and you live a little longer. She, on the other hand, has to put up with that, and dies sooner than if she never married. The healthiest and happiest population subgroup are women who never married or had children,” he said.

Dolan says men showed more health benefits from settling down, but middle aged married women are at higher risk of physical and mental conditions than single women.

“You see a single woman of 40, who has never had children – [you say] ‘Bless, that’s a shame, isn’t it? Maybe one day you’ll meet the right guy and that’ll change.’ No, maybe she’ll meet the wrong guy and that’ll change. Maybe she’ll meet a guy who makes her less happy and healthy, and die sooner.”

When the study was initially published in a London newspaper, the comments section was filled with angry wives and mothers who disagreed with his findings.

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Gillette Ad Features Father Teaching Female-to-Male Transgender To Shave

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Gillette’s latest ad features a Black father teaching his female-to-male transgender child how to shave off chin hairs that grew as a result of taking male hormones.

The new ad comes months after Gillette angered its customer base by shaming manliness as “toxic masculinity.” Gillette saw a dramatic drop in sales after the ‘toxic masculinity’ commercial debuted in January.

The new ad features a touching teaching moment between a father and FtM Canadian artist Samson Brown who is learning to shave for the first time as an adult.

“Now don’t be scared... shaving is about being confident,” says Samson’s father.

In a later scene, seated on a sofa with dad, Samson says she questioned the man she wanted to become while growing up.

“I’m at the point where I’m actually happy,” Samson says.

“It’s not just myself transitioning, it’s everybody around me transitioning,” says Samson.”

“Thank you so much Gillette,” Samson commented under the ad on the company’s Facebook page.

The company responded, “Thank you for sharing your story, Samson! We’re honored to showcase this special moment between you and your father and are proud to have you as a partner”.

“Thank you for your courage and confidence in sharing your journey to becoming your best self!”.

In the controversial “toxic masculinity” ad that aired in January, a narrator asked “Is this the best a man can get?”

The narrator added that toxic masculinity “has been going on far too long. We can’t laugh it off, making the same old excuses.”

The controversial Gillette ad has 791,000 thumbs up and 1.4 million thumbs down on YouTube.

The ads target the Black community because LGBT advocates believe Black people are homophobic.

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A Women’s Right to Choose or Not? Tonight on “Conversations Of A Sistah”

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Roe vs. Wade gave women the right to choose abortion. We can all be sensitive to the devastating impact of rape and abuse on women and the pressure to abort when the mother’s life is at risk or she’s been violated sexually.

We are also very aware of the fact that since 1973, Roe vs. Wade set a precedent where abortion is legal across the country up to the point of viability.

But Roe vs. Wade is currently being challenged with new laws in the states, and the number of states with pending highly restrictive abortion laws is growing. On Friday, Missouri’s legislature passed a bill to outlaw almost all abortions after eight weeks. This came on the heels of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signing into law a near total abortion ban law in her state.

Do Women still have the right to choose or NOT?

Alabama’s abortion law is the most extreme. The legislation carries a life sentence of 99 years behind bars for abortionists and pregnant women who seek their services.

Republican-led states Georgia, Ohio, Mississippi, and Kentucky have all passed so-called “heartbeat bills” outlawing abortions if a fetal heartbeat is detected.

Missouri’s Senate just passed a heartbeat bill that outlaws all abortions after 8 weeks.

Georgia’s bill threatens to punish women even if they leave the state to get an abortion.

Join host Tracy L. Bell at 6:30 p.m. EST on “Conversations Of A Sistah” for this discussion.

You can add your 2 cents to the conversation by dialing into our studios when the lines are open at 657-383-1199. Just press “1″ for the host Que.

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Single Mothers…A Man Should be Secondary on Tonight’s “Conversations Of A Sistah”

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Maleah Davis, the 4-year-old Houston girl who has been missing for 10 days, was reported missing by her caretaker. The caretaker gave a detailed account of what happened. But as the story unraveled, the caretaker becomes the suspect. The child has been missing since May 4th and hasn’t been found yet.

Her mother’s ex-fiancé was taking care of Maleah (pictured above), and said he and the girl were kidnapped by a trio of mysterious men near Houston, Texas. But police are finding more holes in the ex-fiancé’s story — as well as blood in his home and signs of decomposition in his car.

Tonight’s conversation is a call for single women to STOP leaving their defenseless minor children in the hands of boyfriends and/or other males who are not the child’s biological fathers.

Join host Tracy L. Bell in our studio at 6:30 p.m. EST for her commentary on “When moms are single a man should be secondary” on “Conversations Of A Sistah“.

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“When the media controls the narrative” Tonight on “Conversations Of A Sistah”

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Last week Facebook and Instagram banned, the honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan from its platform.

The controversial Nation of Islam minister, was among several conservative voices banned from the social media platforms for being “dangerous,” according to Facebook’s ruling.

While there are some extreme voices dominating the social media platform, the same can be said for the voices and images on television. But because the media controls the narrative, they control the platforms.

Minister Farrakhan is the leader of the Nation of Islam which is considered a hate group. The Southern Poverty Law Center cited Farrakhan as “deeply racist, anti-Semitic and anti-LGBT.” Farrakhan’s Facebook page was deleted and all of its content purged from the social media giant’s servers, along with the social media pages of his religious organization.

“We’ve always banned individuals or organizations that promote or engage in violence and hate, regardless of ideology. The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to our decision to remove these accounts today.”

Join host Tracy L. Bell tonight at 6:30 p.m. EST on “Conversations of A Sistah” for our commentary “When the media controls the narrative“.

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