Contrary to the heteropessisism online, there's good news about egalitarian marriage in the latest time diary data: men's housework contributions are converging with women's and the gender gap is smaller than it's ever been. darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/in-defense...
Session 2:"Paternal instincts and fathers' brain" with @darbysaxbe.bsky.social , Wendy Saltzman and Marian Bakermans-Kranenberg
darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/vitamin-baby
Here's an irony of contemporary society: Most of us who work and socialize in adult spaces get very little time with babies and young children, while parents are isolated and overwhelmed. In my Substack this week, I advocate for more babies in public spaces and more baby time for all!
Haha same!
New essay about alloparenting, religion, & daycare. There's a strange energy swirling around motherhood in far-right circles, asserting the primacy of mothers as the only possible "natural" caregivers, but this ignores our evolution as cooperative breeders. darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/daycare-is...
I am so happy and grateful to be with Flatiron!
Haven’t seen it! But glad we agree on Aimee Mann.
Scott Galloway recently told Derek Thompson on his podcast that childbirth is “disgusting” and “unnatural” for dads. I’ve studied fathers' experience of childbirth in my lab for years, and I think Galloway is wrong. darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/scott-gall...
My newsletter this week is about whether it's more fun to be a dad. I report on research finding that fathers enjoy parenting more than mothers do, and that millennial men are increasing their childcare time. darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/dads-reall...
New essay about feminism, family formation, and why a lot of feminism is better than some feminism when it comes to the welfare of kids and parents. darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/has-femini...
Don’t let Russell Vought trick Congress into destroying science by removing multiyear funding limits from the NIH funding bill.
Screenshot from viral Australian skincare Tiktok showing a woman in a pink sweater and the caption "Bring back gender pay gap"
My newsletter this week is about whether feminism has hurt men’s economic prospects, led to discriminatory hiring, and increased inflation. Lots of spicy stuff to unpack! Link in comments
In my newsletter this week, I shared my starting-a-Substack tips and told the true story of being trolled by my 14-year-old son. darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/how-to-win...
Hahahaha just add some brain worms to the model and you’re golden
Thank you!
Nice work! This will definitely restore the public's faith in science
I have an essay in @theargument.bsky.social today, diving into the science on gender differences and making the case that, Mars and Venus style arguments aside, biological essentialism isn't well-supported by the evidence.
www.theargumentmag.com/p/the-forbid...
I wrote a newsletter this week about how I used to get panic attacks, but then I went to clinical psychology graduate school and figured out how to deal with them.
darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/how-to-cur...
New essay on monogamy: why it evolved, why marriage is good for stable societies, and why young people (especially young women) might be losing interest in it. open.substack.com/pub/darbysax...
At #ISDP2025! 🧠 Catch my poster (P2.47) on sleep + cingulum white matter in first-time fathers.
Thanks to Quester for helping me get this poster organized! (www.quester.xn--tech)-sw3b @darbysaxbe.bsky.social
Can’t wait!
How's it going!?
My new essay this week is all about the unexpected twists and turns of the design process for the cover of my new forthcoming book...and includes some very silly rejected ideas. substack.com/home/post/p-...
It's true! We've written five of these one-day papers so far.
My new essay describes our lab's research on how face masks affect the brain's processing of emotion.
darbysaxbe.substack.com/p/how-covid-...
I just published my first piece with The Argument, and it's about why parents should let their kids go to the roller rink on their own.
You're not the captain of the parenting police www.theargumentmag.com/p/youre-not-...
Protester holding a sign that says “Resisting tyrants is patriotic.”
Picture of crowd at NoKings protest
Person in chicken suit holding up No Kings sign
Person at protest holding up We Love America sign
Massive turnout at the #NoKings protest in Pasadena. Calm, peaceful, multigenerational crowd. Patriotic signs and American flags everywhere. I’m still waiting for my check from Soros.
Selfie of poster attending USC rally
Picture of crowd gathered for rally
Picture of signatures on the petition opposing the Compact
Picture of the petition in front of a speaker
Great crowd at USC for a rally celebrating our decision to say no to the Compact! A letter opposing the Compact was signed by 1500 members of our university community. @ryanboyd.bsky.social @aaup.org @sanjaymadhav1.bsky.social
