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#research: Girls’ First Sexual Encounters Are More Likely to Be Unprotected. How About We Ask Why?
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 14, 2010Girls’ First Sexual Encounters Are More Likely to Be Unprotected. How About We Ask Why?Now, let’s be clear: I’m sure that some of the young women who didn’t use protection during their first sexual en...
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#research: Fathers happier when they do more domestic work
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 9, 2010Fathers happier when they do more domestic workFrom The Guardian:It will be music to the ears of working mothers everywhere: fathers are happier when they do more of the housework themselves, spend lo...
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#vivelafeminism: The movement that was a fad (feminism)
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / November 6, 2010The movement that was a fad (feminism)roundrockministry: What is the legacy of feminism? Undoubtedly, our American society as well as much of the world have become aware of many things with perhaps t...
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#research: Romantic Teenagers Are Also Sexist
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 4, 2010Romantic Teenagers Are Also SexistA recent study looked at sexism in adolescents between the ages of 12 and 19. Apparently, boys who had more romantic relationship experience were more benevolently se...
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DAILY MAIL SAYS MOTHERS SHOULD STAY AT HOME
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #politics, #womensrights, #academia, #research, #gender, #misogyny, #patriarchy, #sexism, #thinkyblog / November 3, 2010Yesterday saw yet more "women should know their place" propaganda from the Daily Mail. The Mail reported from a recent meta-analysis that children suffer when mothers return to work in the year after ...
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#vivelafeminism: The world’s first antifeminism gathering is taking place in a secretlocation in Switzerland
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / November 1, 2010The world’s first antifeminism gathering is taking place in a secret location in Switzerland In a written statement prepared for Saturday’s meeting, Andersson has drawn up five key beliefs of antifem...
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#maleficentmisogyny: Sluts are not “proper women” because a “proper woman” is not supposed to be a sexual being
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / October 31, 2010“Sluts are not “proper women” because a “proper woman” is not supposed to be a sexual being; she’s supposed to be prim, proper, and repressed, and have sex because it is her duty. In the Victorian era...
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#maleficentmisogyny: Sluts are not “proper women” because a “proper woman” is not supposed to be a sexual being
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / October 31, 2010“Sluts are not “proper women” because a “proper woman” is not supposed to be a sexual being; she’s supposed to be prim, proper, and repressed, and have sex because it is her duty. In the Victorian era...
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#vivelafeminism: All decent people, male and female, are feminists
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / October 29, 2010“All decent people, male and female, are feminists. The only people who are not feminists are those who believe that women are inherently inferior or undeserving of the respect and opportunity afforde...
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#research: More misconceptions about abortion
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 29, 2010More misconceptions about abortionjepluie: I am pro: life.No matter what.Every child deserves to live. My friend did an in depth project on abortion for biology in freshman year and ever since then t...
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#maleficentmisogyny: The women-hating rage of the Republican right
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / October 28, 2010The women-hating rage of the Republican rightI’m blogging all of this because it’s an excellent piece that you need to read in its entirety. (Be afraid America; be very afraid.) As soon as I saw the ...
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#maleficentmisogyny: The women-hating rage of the Republican right
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / October 28, 2010The women-hating rage of the Republican rightI’m blogging all of this because it’s an excellent piece that you need to read in its entirety. (Be afraid America; be very afraid.) As soon as I saw the ...
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#research: Why No Doesn’t Mean No to Some Men
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 28, 2010Why No Doesn’t Mean No to Some Menparentheticalaside:No means no — but not all men get the message, according to a new study. The research shows that men who endorse sexually aggressive attitude...
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#research: OkCupid Analyzes Gay Sex
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 18, 2010OkCupid Analyzes Gay SexAnalysis of four million searches showed that gay men and lesbians almost exclusively search for gay and bisexual matches. In fact, only 0.6% of gay men ever searched for strai...
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#research: Survey Says: The World’s Not as Dangerous as You Think
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 18, 2010Survey Says: The World’s Not as Dangerous as You ThinkIn fact, figures released today by the Bureau of Justice Statistics show the average American is safer than they have been in years, with violent ...
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#research: Teen Depression and Abortion Not Linked
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 4, 2010Teen Depression and Abortion Not LinkedA new study from Oregon State University shows that teens who have abortions are no more likely to be depressed or have low self-esteem than teens whose pregnanc...
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#vivelafeminism: Who Stole Feminism?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / October 3, 2010Who Stole Feminism? Sarah Palin opposes abortion and comprehensive sex education. While mayor of Wasilla she made sexual assault victims pay for their own rape kits. She also calls herself a feminist...
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#research: Punishment does not fit crimes with the most victims
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 2, 2010Punishment does not fit crimes with the most victimsLoran Nordgren and Mary McDonnell wanted to see whether we perceive a crime as being more serious when more people are affected. Sixty students were...
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#research: Male and female ability differences down to socialisation, not genetics
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / August 25, 2010Male and female ability differences down to socialisation, not geneticsBehavioural differences between the sexes are not hard-wired at birth but are the result of society’s expectations, say scientist...
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ARE THERE ANY NO-GO, RESEARCH-NOT-ALLOWED AREAS?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #sociology, #academia, #research, #women, #thinkyblog / August 14, 2010Attacking what academics choose to research and how they do it seems slightly odd to me. I have no romantic ideas about freedom of academic thought but I do suppose people end up researching general a...
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