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Dads-to-be excluded from ultrasound scans

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , on June 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Rob Williams writes in the Guardian about the practice at Basildon hospital of excluding fathers to be from ultrasound scans. He suspect[s] that the policy to exclude men from the scanning room is rooted in a belief that men are not important to the process of bringing a baby into the world. Whilst I sympathise [...]

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Musings on new fangled equality

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , , , , on June 19, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Just a thought. I’m not trying to be controversial or nuffing. But it did occur to me today that whilst the clamour for a presumption of equal parenting is all well and good (I agree its a solution that should be given serious consideration in most cases, but not that this should be elevated to [...]

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Kenya Project

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , on February 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

A colleague is off in Kenya working on a project promoting equality in the law and through legal process in Kenya. It sounds like he is working very hard and also having a life changing time. If you’d like to read about what he’s up to you can see his blog here, or if you [...]

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Who’s the boss?

Posted in stuff, tagged , , on August 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Hillary Clinton’s totally understandable response to being asked at a press conference in her capacity as Secretary of State has provoked reporting about her ‘extraordinary outburst’ (e.g. The Times). What’s extraordinary about it other than the fact that most government figures would not expect to be asked for their spouses views on an important matter rather than their own? It [...]

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Harman v Prescott – Below the belt

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , on August 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Political commentary is not really my thing on this blog, but I just cannot let the very public online spat between Harriet Harman and John Prescott go unremarked. Let me say at the outset that I’m not a member of any political party, although you may discern from this blog that I am generally leftish. I [...]

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MS is not a four letter word by Lucy Reed (neé Reed)

Posted in stuff, tagged , , , , on June 5, 2009 | 6 Comments »

I despair sometimes at ever being properly addressed by my given and chosen name. It’s only short but it causes oh so much trouble. . Every time I attend an unfamiliar court I go through the motions when I sign in: I enunciate ‘Ms…Lucy…Reed…no it’s double E D…I’m counsel for the Respondent / Applicant…’ (it’s [...]

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