Mirjam Raudasoja
@mirjamraudasoja.bsky.social
Postdoc researcher at University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Parenting, gender, pregnancy and childbirth, psychology topics in general.
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"The Last Baby Will Be Born in 2012 and, Worse, He'll Look Like This."
A 1913 news article suggested that a decline in birth rates and social changes, such as women entering the workforce and fewer people marrying, would lead to a "neuter type" of human and eventually, the end of the human race.
A 1913 news article suggested that a decline in birth rates and social changes, such as women entering the workforce and fewer people marrying, would lead to a "neuter type" of human and eventually, the end of the human race.
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
"The Last Baby Will Be Born in 2012 and, Worse, He'll Look Like This."
A 1913 news article suggested that a decline in birth rates and social changes, such as women entering the workforce and fewer people marrying, would lead to a "neuter type" of human and eventually, the end of the human race.
A 1913 news article suggested that a decline in birth rates and social changes, such as women entering the workforce and fewer people marrying, would lead to a "neuter type" of human and eventually, the end of the human race.
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As I explain in Holding It Together, the concept of "hysteria" emboldens men to punish women by making women seem "crazy" for trying to call out injustice. And research shows that this kind of misogyny is increasing rapidly in the US, especially online. 8/
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
Holding It Together by Jessica Calarco: 9780593538128 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
As I explain in Holding It Together, the concept of "hysteria" emboldens men to punish women by making women seem "crazy" for trying to call out injustice. And research shows that this kind of misogyny is increasing rapidly in the US, especially online. 8/
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...
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Suomen Akateemisten Naisten Liitto #SANL kertoi tänään sähköpostitse, että Meta on estänyt liiton tiedotustilit.
"Meta ei ole kertonut syytä estolle eikä ole antanut mahdollisuutta korjata mahdollista erhettä." 1/2
#Meta #TasaArvo
akateemisetnaiset.fi
"Meta ei ole kertonut syytä estolle eikä ole antanut mahdollisuutta korjata mahdollista erhettä." 1/2
#Meta #TasaArvo
akateemisetnaiset.fi
Etusivu - Suomen Akateemisten Naisten Liitto
Kolme sukupolvea, 19 paikallisyhdistystä ja 65 maajärjestöä korkeakoulutuksen ja työelämän tasa-arvon puolesta. Tule mukaan!
akateemisetnaiset.fi
January 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Suomen Akateemisten Naisten Liitto #SANL kertoi tänään sähköpostitse, että Meta on estänyt liiton tiedotustilit.
"Meta ei ole kertonut syytä estolle eikä ole antanut mahdollisuutta korjata mahdollista erhettä." 1/2
#Meta #TasaArvo
akateemisetnaiset.fi
"Meta ei ole kertonut syytä estolle eikä ole antanut mahdollisuutta korjata mahdollista erhettä." 1/2
#Meta #TasaArvo
akateemisetnaiset.fi
Abstraktikutsu: Työryhmämme “Hyvinvointi ja eriarvoisuus lapsen saamiseen ja vanhemmuuteen liittyvissä kokemuksissa ja päätöksenteossa: kulttuuriset ja sukupuolittuneet näkökulmat” kokoontuu Perheiden ja läheissuhteiden tutkimuspäivillä Helsingissä huhtikuussa 2026. tietotarjotin.fi/en/event/126...
tietotarjotin.fi
January 14, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Abstraktikutsu: Työryhmämme “Hyvinvointi ja eriarvoisuus lapsen saamiseen ja vanhemmuuteen liittyvissä kokemuksissa ja päätöksenteossa: kulttuuriset ja sukupuolittuneet näkökulmat” kokoontuu Perheiden ja läheissuhteiden tutkimuspäivillä Helsingissä huhtikuussa 2026. tietotarjotin.fi/en/event/126...
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Haastan kaikki pohtimaan onko lähipiirissä joku lapsi tai nuori, jonka Joulun pyhät saattavat mennä huonosti vanhempien vuoksi? Jos tulee ehkä tai kyllä, pohdi nyt mitä voisit tehdä. Jos et pääse kylään, voitko soittaa videopuhelun? Jos pystyt, voitko viedä lapsen tai nuoren vaikka kaakaolle?
December 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Haastan kaikki pohtimaan onko lähipiirissä joku lapsi tai nuori, jonka Joulun pyhät saattavat mennä huonosti vanhempien vuoksi? Jos tulee ehkä tai kyllä, pohdi nyt mitä voisit tehdä. Jos et pääse kylään, voitko soittaa videopuhelun? Jos pystyt, voitko viedä lapsen tai nuoren vaikka kaakaolle?
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New article! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“Every miscarriage is a work accident”: Theorising miscarriage through a labour lens
This article explores the potentials of a materialist approach to miscarriage, taking Silvia Federici's provocation that ‘every miscarriage is a work …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New article! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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As we swing into an era in which being a good mother now means having to “do your own research” and figure out on your own what is good for your children’s unique needs, it’s important to understand that this shift is part of a long arc of controlling women.
How ‘scientific motherhood’ polices and subjugates women | Aeon Essays
‘Scientific motherhood’ promised to create high standards for child-rearing. But it’s really a system designed to police women
aeon.co
December 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
As we swing into an era in which being a good mother now means having to “do your own research” and figure out on your own what is good for your children’s unique needs, it’s important to understand that this shift is part of a long arc of controlling women.
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“During the holiday season, mothers are spending the equivalent of an extra work week on housework and shopping compared to fathers.”
Read Kate Prickett and Jennifer Augustine on a maternal Third Shift: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
Read Kate Prickett and Jennifer Augustine on a maternal Third Shift: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“During the holiday season, mothers are spending the equivalent of an extra work week on housework and shopping compared to fathers.”
Read Kate Prickett and Jennifer Augustine on a maternal Third Shift: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
Read Kate Prickett and Jennifer Augustine on a maternal Third Shift: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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It took 40+ years for the NHSTA to approve the use of a dummy anatomically representative of the average female in terms of height, weight & body type even tho such models have existed for years. Women are MUCH more likely to be seriously injured or killed in a crash than their male counterparts.
DOT to require use of female crash test dummies for the first time
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled an advanced female crash test dummy — the THOR-05F — on Thursday.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It took 40+ years for the NHSTA to approve the use of a dummy anatomically representative of the average female in terms of height, weight & body type even tho such models have existed for years. Women are MUCH more likely to be seriously injured or killed in a crash than their male counterparts.
Lapsen yöllinen hoiva: Jyväskylän yliopiston tutkijat tarkastelivat hoivan jakautumista perheissä. Variaatio perheiden välillä on suurta ja perustelut ratkaisuille linjassa kulttuuristen ihanteiden kanssa. Isien rooli on kasvanut, vaikka äidit usein kantavat päävastuun.
www.jyu.fi/fi/uutinen/k...
www.jyu.fi/fi/uutinen/k...
Kun lapsi itkee yöllä, kuka nousee? Tutkimus tarkastelee isien roolia vanhemmuuden yövuorossa
uore tutkimus tuo tietoa sitä, miltä vanhemmuuden roolijako näyttää, kun katse kääntyy myöhäisiin iltoihin, öihin ja varhaisiin aamuihin.
www.jyu.fi
October 31, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Lapsen yöllinen hoiva: Jyväskylän yliopiston tutkijat tarkastelivat hoivan jakautumista perheissä. Variaatio perheiden välillä on suurta ja perustelut ratkaisuille linjassa kulttuuristen ihanteiden kanssa. Isien rooli on kasvanut, vaikka äidit usein kantavat päävastuun.
www.jyu.fi/fi/uutinen/k...
www.jyu.fi/fi/uutinen/k...
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New publication🚨
How can we make sense of marketing that tells us traditional motherhood will bring us happiness, but also take up all our time, energy, and sanity? What does that contradiction mean politically?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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How can we make sense of marketing that tells us traditional motherhood will bring us happiness, but also take up all our time, energy, and sanity? What does that contradiction mean politically?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🧵 1/3
Constructing a Mothers’ Culture: Affective Bargains in Branding Discourses - Sophie M Mary, Robbie Duschinsky, Barry Coughlan, Susan Dunnett, 2025
The fantasy of traditional motherhood, according to which women find fulfilment through family care, still dominates market texts. However, there is increasing ...
journals.sagepub.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New publication🚨
How can we make sense of marketing that tells us traditional motherhood will bring us happiness, but also take up all our time, energy, and sanity? What does that contradiction mean politically?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🧵 1/3
How can we make sense of marketing that tells us traditional motherhood will bring us happiness, but also take up all our time, energy, and sanity? What does that contradiction mean politically?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🧵 1/3
”Ei siis ole väliä, kuka tukea tarjoaa, kunhan sitä tarjotaan”, Kuusiaho kiteyttää. Puolet esikoislapsen vanhemmista sai riittävästi tukea, puolella tuki oli riittämätöntä. Käytännön tukea saadaan vain sukulaisilta. Voisiko tuen antaminen ystäville tulla normaalimmaksi?
www.jyu.fi/fi/uutinen/k...
www.jyu.fi/fi/uutinen/k...
Korona koetteli esikoisvanhempien tukiverkostoja – vain puolet sai riittävästi tukea
Jyväskylän yliopiston tuore tutkimus selvitti esikoisvanhempien saaman sosiaalisen tuen riittävyyttä sekä sen yhteyttä vanhempien psyykkiseen hyvinvointiin koronapandemian aikaan ja sen jälkimainingei...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
”Ei siis ole väliä, kuka tukea tarjoaa, kunhan sitä tarjotaan”, Kuusiaho kiteyttää. Puolet esikoislapsen vanhemmista sai riittävästi tukea, puolella tuki oli riittämätöntä. Käytännön tukea saadaan vain sukulaisilta. Voisiko tuen antaminen ystäville tulla normaalimmaksi?
www.jyu.fi/fi/uutinen/k...
www.jyu.fi/fi/uutinen/k...
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Tämä ei ole hyvän mielen postaus, mutta ehkä syksyn tärkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: käsitelkää törkyriskejä ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitä etukäteen yhdessä.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
September 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Tämä ei ole hyvän mielen postaus, mutta ehkä syksyn tärkein postaukseni. Suosittelen kaikille tutkijoille ja tutkimusryhmille: käsitelkää törkyriskejä ja suunnitelkaa toimenpiteitä etukäteen yhdessä.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
Lähiaikoina on tiettävästi odotettavissa törkyä tiedeyhteisöä kohtaan. Ketjusta muutama pikavinkki.
It feels truly contradictory. Compared to US parents, we are in a great position. But compared to Swedish parents, we can see many places for improvement. It seems that political discussion is difficult, since every argument is replied "we are one of the most child-friendly countries in the world".
September 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
It feels truly contradictory. Compared to US parents, we are in a great position. But compared to Swedish parents, we can see many places for improvement. It seems that political discussion is difficult, since every argument is replied "we are one of the most child-friendly countries in the world".
Now, it seems to me that Finnish people are trapped in a bizarre position: On the one hand, many of us are extremely grateful for living in a Scandinavian country with good services for families and kids. On the other hand, many parents feel anxious with the gaps in these services.
September 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Now, it seems to me that Finnish people are trapped in a bizarre position: On the one hand, many of us are extremely grateful for living in a Scandinavian country with good services for families and kids. On the other hand, many parents feel anxious with the gaps in these services.
For several generations, we have been required to grow up too early and suppress the needs we might have had. Many of us grew up to be independent and not expect emotional security from others. But younger parents start realising there is something wrong with this, and try to be different.
September 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
For several generations, we have been required to grow up too early and suppress the needs we might have had. Many of us grew up to be independent and not expect emotional security from others. But younger parents start realising there is something wrong with this, and try to be different.
We already have a culture where kids are expected to be extremely independent. After all, who would otherwise think 8-year-olds would be ready to spend all afternoons alone or with their friends? Even if we have a safe country. But this is affecting the culture of our whole nation.
September 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
We already have a culture where kids are expected to be extremely independent. After all, who would otherwise think 8-year-olds would be ready to spend all afternoons alone or with their friends? Even if we have a safe country. But this is affecting the culture of our whole nation.
We also have 10 week summer holidays for kids, 2 weeks for Christmas, and two more weeks during the school year. Experts agree that arranging childcare is a big structural problem and parents struggle if they don't have grandparents ready to take over during holidays and afternoons.
September 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
We also have 10 week summer holidays for kids, 2 weeks for Christmas, and two more weeks during the school year. Experts agree that arranging childcare is a big structural problem and parents struggle if they don't have grandparents ready to take over during holidays and afternoons.
Finnish perspective: We have publicly funded after school care for 1st graders and in some municipalities, 2nd graders as well (7 & 8 yrs old). But with increasing pressure to reduce costs, this care is no longer evident. Morning care has already been cut (hours before 9AM) in my municipality.
September 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Finnish perspective: We have publicly funded after school care for 1st graders and in some municipalities, 2nd graders as well (7 & 8 yrs old). But with increasing pressure to reduce costs, this care is no longer evident. Morning care has already been cut (hours before 9AM) in my municipality.
Uutta tietoa pikkulapsiperheiden vanhempien parisuhteen hoitamisesta Suomesta. Tärkeä aihe, koska usein parisuhteen laatu heikkenee lapsen syntymän jälkeen. Parisuhteen ja vanhemmuuden tukea tulisi saada neuvolasta, jonka lakisääteisiin tehtäviin nämä kuuluvat.
Parisuhde voi kukoistaa myös pikkulapsiperheissä: "Avoin keskustelu ja konkreettiset teot tärkeitä"
Puolison näkeminen vanhempana herättää myönteisiä tunteita, jotka voivat vahvistaa parisuhdetta, selviää tuoreesta suomalaistutkimuksesta. Esikoislapsen vanhemmat hoitavat suhdettaan avoimen keskustelun ja konkreettisten tekojen avulla.
www.jyu.fi
June 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Uutta tietoa pikkulapsiperheiden vanhempien parisuhteen hoitamisesta Suomesta. Tärkeä aihe, koska usein parisuhteen laatu heikkenee lapsen syntymän jälkeen. Parisuhteen ja vanhemmuuden tukea tulisi saada neuvolasta, jonka lakisääteisiin tehtäviin nämä kuuluvat.
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This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
This doesn't look good, folks
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Other countries are fully targeting US academics with social media ads now, basically of the form "we still have inclusive liberal democracy and academic freedom here"
March 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Other countries are fully targeting US academics with social media ads now, basically of the form "we still have inclusive liberal democracy and academic freedom here"
Tuntuu jo ihan keväiseltä, kun talitintit laulelevat ja pajunkissat kukkivat. Helmikuu vielä!
February 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Tuntuu jo ihan keväiseltä, kun talitintit laulelevat ja pajunkissat kukkivat. Helmikuu vielä!
Good point! There is no single option that suits everyone, so we need more options. Good reminder for us researchers to carefully think how we formulate our conclusions.
February 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Good point! There is no single option that suits everyone, so we need more options. Good reminder for us researchers to carefully think how we formulate our conclusions.
Thank you for comment! Agree that my post was too general. :) It really seems there is not enough interest to fund studies, but doesn't mean no one is interested or willing to invest.
February 27, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Thank you for comment! Agree that my post was too general. :) It really seems there is not enough interest to fund studies, but doesn't mean no one is interested or willing to invest.