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How Our Brains Turn Women Into Objects
Scientific American: Recent reports of a mountain lion or cougar stalking the campus of the University of Iowa prompted campus jokesters to tweet their surprise that Michelle Bachman was in town. A cougar, colloquially, is
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Creative types are full of themselves, study confirms
msnbc.com: You might know some extremely creative people who are anything but humble about their talents — the full-of-himself actor, the self-important artist, the vain musician, the pompous writer or — possibly most annoying of all — the insufferable
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Single-Sex Education Is Assailed in Report
The New York Times: Single-sex education is ineffective, misguided and may actually increase gender stereotyping, a paper to be published Friday asserts. The report, “The Pseudoscience of Single Sex Schooling,” to be published in Science
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Study: Single-sex education may do more harm than good
The Washington Post: The push for more single-sex instruction in public schools is based on weak, “misconstrued” scientific claims rather than solid research and may do more harm than good, according to a study published
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Mental approach can cut prejudice
Yahoo! UK & Ireland: Mental simulation can help reduce prejudice and discrimination by promoting tolerance among different social groups, according to psychologists. Research of mental simulation has found a long tradition of it achieving changes in
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Sorry, But I’m Not
Hartford Courant: Gina, on behalf of all girls, you have a lot to apologize for. And you’ll be good at it, because that’s one of the things that girls do best. It’s been confirmed. A