Don't be such a girl, even if you are one
From Gender and Computing: According to Ph.D. student Robb Willer, men have a tendency to change their opinion if they are told that their opinion 'is feminine'. Men who were told that they had given...
View ArticleStop saying video games cause violence or I'll kill you!
Surprise! A new study shows that video games don't make kids violent. I know, it's hard to believe that after all the wild speculations, conflation of correlation and causation, and lack of any real...
View Article"He's a man", "she's a woman"… So what?
While I’m on my mental vacation I’d just like to point ya’ll to a post by alley rat entitled Why Do Women Cheat?. It’s a critique on a pop-science article that uses essentialism, bad evolutionary...
View ArticleThe Gender Similarities Hypothesis
Janet Shibley Hyde is my hero. No, seriously. You may have read about her in the BBC, The Times, or The Guardian. I did (via Mind the Gap) and, for once, the coverage didn't make me want to beat my...
View ArticleNewsflash: Religion is harmful to society
Finally, people are researching the claim that I’ve observed anecdotally for years: all this “god” stuff hurts more than it helps. An article in The Times reports on a new study recently published...
View ArticleI like Chinese, I like their tiny little trees…
A Chink in the Armour by White Light Films Via one of my friends, A Chink in the Armour is a light hearted documentary that explores the stereotypes about Asians (specifically Chinese) in North America...
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