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Friday, January 20, 2012
Black Students: Duke Study Shows Deeper Problems | Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/19/black-students-duke-study-shows-deeper-problems/
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Despite what we say, it's always about sex - CBS News
Despite what we say, it's always about sex - CBS News
In several lab experiments, undergraduate students completed the new computer-based word-association task assessing how much they associate physical attractiveness with an ideal partner. As words flashed on the screen, the participants had to pick those they associated with positive feelings. Depending on how strongly the participant felt about physical attractiveness, words associated with sexiness that popped up during an "I like" trial were selected quicker.
The researchers then compared these results with participants' responses to direct questions about important characteristics in a partner. The two responses differed: No matter if students thought they really needed a hot partner or not, they ended up responding the same to the word test.
The unconscious word test matched with what the students were actually interested in when they met a real-life person in speed-dating scenarios.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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Friday, December 9, 2011
Some News Makes You Know Less
A new Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind Poll finds that the Sunday morning political shows on television "do the most to help people learn about current events, while some outlets, especially Fox News, lead people to be even less informed than those who they don't watch any news at all."
"For example, people who watch Fox News, the most popular of the 24-hour cable news networks, are 18-points less likely to know that Egyptians overthrew their government than those who watch no news at all (after controlling for other news sources, partisanship, education and other demographic factors). Fox News watchers are also 6-points less likely to know that Syrians have not yet overthrown their government than those who watch no news."
These results mirror a University of Maryland study published last year.
Push Up Bikini Tops at Abercrombie Kids » Sociological Images
Push Up Bikini Tops at Abercrombie Kids » Sociological Images
Allison K. sent in another example of the sexualization of young girls. Abercrombie Kids is selling bikinis with “push-up” tops. According to Wikipedia, the company markets its products at kids age 7-14. The average age of puberty is 12. So, at what age should girls start trying to enhance their cleavage? How old is too young?
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
A small group from We’re What’s Left, Occupy SLO, and Occupy Cuesta College are driving up to Oakland on Sunday night to be part of the West Coast Port Blockade on December 12
A small group from We’re What’s Left, Occupy SLO, and Occupy Cuesta College are driving up to Oakland on Sunday night to be part of the West Coast Port Blockade on December 12. This promises to be a remarkable action. Port cities up and down the West Coast, including San Diego, Los Angeles, Oakland, Portland, Tacoma, Seattle, Vancouver, and Anchorage are participating in coordinated port shutdowns to put a dent in the profits of EGT and Goldman Sachs who make great profits at the expense of the workers. Solidarity actions are occurring concurrently throughout the country.
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