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Why Conservatives Are…Conservative
Granted, there are still many issues yet to be worked out in the science of ideology. Most of the commentaries on the new Hibbing paper are focused on important but not-paradigm-shifting side issues, such as the question of how conservatives can have a higher negativity bias, and yet not have neurotic personalities. (Actually, if anything,…
1980s panic reporting helps HIV spread
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/reporting-on-a-hollywood-hiv-panic-like-its-the-1980s-will-only-help-the-virus-spread-a6730261.html The article in question, which is based on a report from Radar Online, claims that there is a Hollywood celebrity who has HIV, and that he has knowingly been sleeping around without telling his sexual partners. This has apparently led to a “Hollywood HIV Panic”. As someone who lives with HIV, when I read…
#IamNotAfraidtoSay gives victims the strength and courage to speak out
http://www.dw.com/en/iamnotafraidtosay-victims-of-sexual-assault-in-ukraine-and-russia-break-taboo/a-19430021 Tatiana Pechonochnik, director of the Kyiv-based NGO Human Rights Information Center, believes the issue of sexual violence in Ukraine has been bubbling below the surface for some time. She says a “critical mass” has been reached, requiring just one catalyzing Facebook post for the discussion to “explode” across social networking platforms. The hashtag #IamNotAfraidtoSay…
Stealth Stress: Cumulative Stress and Burnout
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/psp_cares/11299/map/732742 The signs of cumulative stress or burnout are much more subtle, much more stealthy, than immediate stress and, therefore, often go unnoticed or unaddressed. Their impact can be anything but subtle or stealthy, however. A particular problem is that stress can accumulate or add up from multiple responses and or multiple sources. While an…
Philip Chapman: Temporary accomodation for violent men
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More emotionally stable people earn more money
https://theconversation.com/how-your-personality-relates-to-your-productivity-and-salary-40512 The result of this study though shows that the relationship between earnings and productivity is linked to personality. More conscientious and more emotionally stable participants earned a higher payment, as conscientious and emotionally stable workers do with wages in real life. There were remarkable differences by gender. Women tended to be more neurotic than…