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The New York Times recently published a profile of educated career women who gave up their work to become full-time mothers, declaring that "opting-out" is the latest trend in mothering, a social revolution of sorts.
Emma Goldberg: Mother May I (Go On Maternity Leave)? Emma Goldberg 2011
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The New York Times recently published a profile of educated career women who gave up their work to become full-time mothers, declaring that "opting-out" is the latest trend in mothering, a social revolution of sorts.
Emma Goldberg: Mother May I (Go On Maternity Leave)? Emma Goldberg 2011
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The concern is an influx of individuals with pre-existing conditions combined with an increasing number of healthy individuals “opting-out.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Colorado Attorney General Explains the Obamacare Lawsuit 2010
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The concern is an influx of individuals with pre-existing conditions combined with an increasing number of healthy individuals “opting-out.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Colorado Attorney General Explains the Obamacare Lawsuit 2010
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Because of my background, I am inclined to think of co-ed housing and friendships as default, with those who seek single-gender housing opting-out by applying to a single-gender dorm or pledging a single-gender fraternity or sorority (the coed frats, IIRC, have much lower rates of sexual assault and harassment occurring there, usually because of the reduced macho/brothers culture).
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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The concern is an influx of individuals with pre-existing conditions combined with an increasing number of healthy individuals “opting-out.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Colorado Attorney General Explains the Obamacare Lawsuit 2010
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Because of my background, I am inclined to think of co-ed housing and friendships as default, with those who seek single-gender housing opting-out by applying to a single-gender dorm or pledging a single-gender fraternity or sorority the coed frats, IIRC, have much lower rates of sexual assault and harassment occurring there, usually because of the reduced macho/brothers culture.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Sex Education, Dirty Words, and the Due Process Clause 2010
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The concern is an influx of individuals with pre-existing conditions combined with an increasing number of healthy individuals “opting-out.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Colorado Attorney General Explains the Obamacare Lawsuit 2010
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My sweetie offers this test: If you look at your cat and think he has the best life ever and you would sell your soul to trade places with him, it's time for more self-care of the opting-out flavor.
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Because he's actively staked out the moral high ground, any perceived lapses he has (e.g. the federal funding "flip-flop") get magnified far more than similar errors by his opponents (e.g. McCain's opting-out after he opted-in for the primaries).
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