Category Archives: PR

Turning tricks: A horrid Halloween tale of a polling company, a parenting website and the misrepresentation of mothers

By Dr Petra | Published: 30 October, 2010
Tweet Yesterday I was alerted to a worrying press release by @MrMMarsh (who has an amazing track record in critiquing commercial surveys). It was for Bounty.com – a parenting website, conducted by OnePoll. It claimed “one in 10 women have tricked a man into getting them pregnant with less than half actually wanting the person [...]
Also posted in Contraception, Parents, Postnatal, Pregnancy, Surveys/questionnaires | Comments closed

Celebrating this blog’s fifth birthday!

By Dr Petra | Published: 30 November, 2009
It's five years since I started blogging. So please put on a party hat, help yourself to some nibbles, and join me for a look back over the past half decade.
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