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Macleans Magazine: The no-baby boom
Social infertility, baby regret and what it means that shocking numbers of women aren’t having children, by Anne Kingston
Hotel-Industry.co.uk: A “Mammoth” New Experience for PANKs At The Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa
Perfect for PANKs – Professional Aunts No Kids – the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa has partnered with National Museums Scotland to offer an aunt-friendly package.
11/02/2014: The Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa, Edinburgh has launched a “Mammoth” package to entice the lucrative PANK demographic with luxury accommodation and tickets to the Mammoths of the Ice Age exhibition.
The PANK trend – currently hot in the US where around 42% of women up to 44 years old do not have children – is generally reflective of women choosing to have children later in life, or not at all, who enjoy a close relationship with relatives’ children. Travel firms in the US have become increasingly aware of the power of the PANKs, with their love of travel and levels of disposable income, and are targeting this sector. It is a trend that’s set to grow in the UK and the Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa has partnered with National Museums Scotland to offer PANKs an opportunity to get up close with woolly mammoths and share quality time and experiences with their cherished nieces and nephews.
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Unnatural Women: Childless in America
In a new report published last month by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC: ‘Unnatural’, ‘Unwomanly’, ‘Uncreditable’ and ‘Undervalued’: The Significance of Being a Childless Woman in Australian Society, authors Stephanie Rich, Ann Taket, Melissa Graham, Julia Shelley Published studied the experiences of childless women in contemporary Australia. The study revealed five recurring themes: woman = mother; notions of ‘natural’ and ‘unnatural’; childlessness as a discrediting attribute; feeling undervalued; and the significance of being childless.
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