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#Gender #equality #correlates #male-on-female #murder
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/10/fear-of-a-female-president/497564/ It gets worse. In a study of several hundred people, Jennifer Berdahl of the University of British Columbia found that women who “deviated from traditional gender roles—by occupying a ‘man’s’ job or having a ‘masculine’ personality” were disproportionately targeted for sexual harassment. But sexual harassment isn’t more likely only when women violate traditional gender…
Dame Lesley says it can’t always be ascribed to poverty
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12015509 Dame Lesley says it can’t always be ascribed to poverty, so we need to dig deeper. It was only a couple of weeks ago we also had big news in the papers about the worrying statistics around child abuse: one in four children under 17 years old in this country will be the subject…
Defining magical thinking
http://www.skepticnorth.com/2010/10/a-skeptics-guide-to-magical-thinking-part-1/ …define magical thinking simply as any non-science based explanation for an event or experience. There are three important points to note about this definition. First, it does not say that a belief is magical merely because it violates an established scientific principle. After all, quantum mechanics did that when it was first introduced –…
Gaslighting and the death of democracy
http://theweek.com/speedreads/778509/trump-raves-that-kim-jong-un-great-personality-loves-people President Trump was left with a glowing impression of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after their summit together in Singapore on Tuesday. “Really, he’s got a great personality,” Trump told Voice of America’s Greta Van Susteren of the man who has executed more than 340 people since taking power in 2011. “He’s a…
It’s Not You, It’s the Idea
http://www.smartlikehow.com/blog-native/2015/11/10/idea-conflict-when-to-engage Don’t ignore the conflict. The first step is recognizing that there’s a debate to be had. When someone challenges your ideas with some of their own, it is time to engage. That doesn’t mean that you defend your ideas to the death, but ignoring debate isn’t healthy for the organization or for your career….
Women punish sexualised women
https://www.psypost.org/2018/12/women-but-not-men-seek-to-actively-punish-sexualized-women-study-finds-52838 The researchers from the University of Warwick wanted to better understand what motivates individuals to suppress female — but not male — sexuality. “If society is to understand and overcome the sexual double standard, interventionists should seek to uncover how men and women vary in their attitudes towards sexualized women,” they explained. The study…